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Brian Williams - Initial
Brian Williams retells a 2003 tale of being in a military chopper over Iraq that was hit with an RPG on the program "Nightly News." He has told this story for the better part of a decade since the initial incident. This time, social media was around, and would prove to be costly. Williams Retelling Stroy -
Soldiers Respond on Williams Facebook
Joseph Miller and Lance Reynolds, two former soldiers, posts on Facebook their version of hte incident, and calls out Williams for lying on his personal Facebook page. The soldiers say that Wiliams lied about the incident and always has been, and even call out his character by saying he left the mission and them in a warzone after the attack -
Williams Apologizes on Air
Williams apologizes on his show, "Nightly News," for "bungling" a tribute to a veteran who protected him in Iraq. He claims that he misremembered details “I made a mistake in recalling the events of 12 years ago. I want to apologize. I said I was traveling in an aircraft that was hit by (rocket propelled grenade) fire. Instead, I was in the following aircraft. It was a bungled attempt by me to thank one special veteran and by extension our brave military men and women, veterans everywhere." -
NBC President Deborah Turness
The President of NBC addresses "Nightly News" staffers about the Williams lie. NBC Memo -
Richard Esposito, the head of NBC's investigative unit
NBC informs staff of an internal investigation into Williams and his fallout. They hire Richard Esposito to lead the investigation. [Richard Esposito](http:/http://money.cnn.com/2015/02/07/media/brian-williams-nbc-investigation/). -
Pat Fili-Krushel, Turness and other top execs meet with Williams
NBC News chairmans meet with Williams at his home and urge him to take time off. He complies. Meeting With Williams -
NBCUniversal CEO Steve Burke
NBC News meet at NBCUniversal CEO Steve Burke's home and argue about the fate of Williams. CEO Argument -
Esposito meets with Williams
Esposito meets with Williams and shows the anchor a dossier full of more, potentially damaging, tall tales the anchor has told. <a href='http://money.cnn.com/2015/02/10/media/nbc-news-brian-williams-fact-checking/' > -
Williams Suspended
Williams is summoned to Burkes Manhattan apartment where Williams learns he will be suspended. Turness and Burke later release a memo to staffers. Suspension -
Williams' Name Taken Off "Nightly News"
It is announced that Williams' name is going to be taken off "Nightly News" for the first time since 2004. Name Removed -
Bill O'Reilly Mother Jones Article Published
Mother Jones Mother Jones publishes their article "Bill O'Reilly Has His Own Brian Williams Problem." O'Reilly has repeatedly told his audience that he was a war correspondent during the Falklands war and that he experienced combat during that 1982 conflict between the United Kingdom* and Argentina. -
Bill O'Reilly Responds
O'Reilly uses his own show, The O'Reilly Factor, to responds to the Mother Jones article. In it, he says such things as: "This man ... 56-year-old David Corn ... who works for the far left magazine ... Mother Jones ... smeared me, your humble correspondent, yesterday ... saying I had fabricated some war reporting. On Air Response -
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O'Reilly says that he: I never said I was on the Falkland Islands ... as Corn purports ... I said I covered the Falklands War ... which I did." However, the Mother Jones artice quoted him numerous times saying otherwise. -
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Erik Wemple Blog asks Fox News
Erik Wemple Blog asked Fox News for O'Reilly's cameraman's name, and received word that it was Roberto Moreno. This is to see if he agrees with O'Reilly's story Cameraman Giv His Sidehttp://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2006-02-22/lifestyle/0602200332_1_el-salvador-human-spirit-art -
Eric Jon Engberg Challenges O'Reilly
Eric Jon Engberg, who served as a CBS News correspondent for 27 years, calls into question several of O’Reilly’s statements about the reporting — and O’Reilly’s subsequent recollections of it. Eric Jon Engberg -
Eric Engberg "Is A Coward" For Criticizing
Bill O'Reilly: Former CBS News Correspondent Eric Engberg "Is A Coward" For Criticizing His Falklands War Reporting O'Reilly Calls Out CBS -
More former CBS staffers challenge Bill O’Reilly’s Falklands war stories
More Come Forward More journalists have come forward to dispute Fox News host Bill O’Reilly’s description of Buenos Aires, Argentina, as a “combat situation” during the 1982 Falklands War. -
FoxNews and O'Reilly Double Down
The Fox News host Bill O’Reilly on Monday stepped up his defense against reports that he embellished stories about his war reporting earlier in his career, while some former colleagues continued to say he had exaggerated his experiences. Double Down Defese -
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O'Reilly Ends Show With An Ask For End of Debate
On Tuesday's show, Mr. O’Reilly ended his segment about the controversy saying he hoped to move past the dispute. “I want to stop this now,” he said. “I hope we can stop it. I really do.” -
Bill O'Reilly threatens N.Y. Times reporter
Fox News host Bill O'Reilly threatened a New York Times reporter on Monday night, promising to come after the reporter "with everything I have" if he felt that any of the reporter's coverage about his Falklands war controversy was inappropriate. O'Reilly Threat
