WASHINGTON: Fallen anchorman Brian Williams said on Friday he was not trying to mislead people by exaggerating stories about his work but that his ego drove him to make the mistakes that cost him his job on NBC’s “Nightly News.”
Williams, who will end a six-month NBC-imposed suspension in August, appeared on the network’s “Today” show and said he was sorry for the inaccuracies.
“I got it wrong,” Williams said. “I own this and I own up to this.”
NBC said on Thursday that Williams, 56, will not return to his prestigious anchor job but will join the network’s cable channel MSNBC as anchor of breaking news and special reports in mid-August.
Before his suspension, “Nightly News” was the nation’s most-watched evening newscast and Williams one of television’s best-known journalists and frequent guest on talk shows because of his geniality and sense of humor.
‘Ego drove me to exaggerations’
‘Ego drove me to exaggerations’
