NBC Brian Williams suspended for 6 months without pay NBC앵커 브라이언 윌리엄스 무급정직 6개월 — Transcript

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1. 0:00And following up on an earlier story we touched on yesterday.
2. 0:05America′s NBC News broadcaster says it has suspended its star anchor, Brian Williams,
3. 0:12for six months without pay.
4. 0:14Paul, this comes after Williams admitted that a story about his experience during the Iraq
5. 0:19War was NOT true.
6. 0:21Williams is one of the most recognizable faces on U.S. television...
7. 0:25and many feel that he violated their trust after he repeatedly reported on false accounts
8. 0:30of coming under enemy fire.
9. 0:32NBC executives say his actions were inexcusable and have launched an internal investigation
10. 0:38into the matter.
11. 0:39Our Lee Ji-yoon has more.
12. 0:43Brian Williams, a trusted newsman whose NBC Nightly News drew over nine million viewers
13. 0:49a night,... is now suspended for six months without pay.
14. 0:53This decision follows his voluntary step back from the news desk over the weekend.
15. 0:57The president of NBC News, Deborah Turness, said in an internal memo Tuesday, that what
16. 1:02Williams did was "wrong and completely inappropriate for someone in his position."
17. 1:08The NBC news anchor was put in the hot seat after he admitted that his account of the
18. 1:13helicopter incident in Iraq was not true.
19. 1:16Williams reported in January that he was on a helicopter that was hit by a grenade in
20. 1:20Iraq in 2003.
21. 1:23However, military veterans from the incident said that he was not actually on the helicopter
22. 1:27that was forced down.
23. 1:29"I want to apologize.
24. 1:31I said I was traveling in an aircraft that was hit by RPG fire, I was instead in a following
25. 1:38aircraft."
26. 1:39However, there is a chance that the star anchor could make a comeback.
27. 1:42The CEO of NBC Universal, Steve Burke, said Tuesday, that although Williams "jeopardized
28. 1:48the trust millions of Americans place in NBC News, he deserves a second chance."
29. 1:54Williams has been anchoring NBC Nightly News for over a decade, succeeding Tom Brokaw.
30. 1:59For now, Lester Holt will continue to substitute for Williams.
31. 2:03Kim Min-ji, Arirang News.