NBC′s Brian Williams remains off the air after false claims ′거짓말 논란′ 미국 인기 앵커 — Transcript

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1. 0:04Controversy is brewing...
2. 0:05over NBC news anchor Brian Williams.
3. 0:07He remained off the air on Monday,... in response to intense criticism over his inaccurate accounts
4. 0:13of his time in Iraq.
5. 0:14He has since apologized, but the public doesn′t seem quite forgiving.
6. 0:19Connie Lee has more.
7. 0:22It′s Lester Holt... filling in for Brian Williams on NBC′s Nightly News.
8. 0:29Williams... who′s been anchoring this newscast for more than ten years now... remained off
9. 0:34the air on Monday, as controversy swirled around him.
10. 0:37Holt... addressed the issue.
11. 0:39"We want to take just a moment to tell you where Brian is tonight.
12. 0:42In a message to his colleagues over the weekend, Brian told us he′s taking several days off
13. 0:46this broadcast amid questions over how he recalled certain stories he covered.// He
14. 0:51will be off while this issue is dealt with."
15. 0:53Williams took himself off the air over the weekend because of a false claim that he was
16. 0:58on a helicopter that was hit by a grenade in Iraq back in 2003.
17. 1:03Over the years, Williams has retold the story many times, but has now admitted the claim
18. 1:08was false,... after veterans from the incident reported on social media and media outlets
19. 1:14that Williams was not on that helicopter.
20. 1:16"I want to apologize.
21. 1:17I said I was traveling in an aircraft that was hit by RPG fire, I was instead in a following
22. 1:25aircraft."
23. 1:26In the first published interview, out on Monday in the U.S. military newspaper Stars and Stripes,...
24. 1:31Williams said he "assumed" the helicopter took damage.
25. 1:35But despite his apology and explanation, many journalists and military personnel are calling
26. 1:40for his resignation.
27. 1:43NBC has launched an internal investigation into Williams,... who is now also facing scrutiny
28. 1:49over statements he made on other major news events.
29. 1:53Connie Lee, Arirang News.