Brian Williams - will he survive this?

HarvestMoon1
Fri, 20 Feb 2015 19:20:01 +0000

I think in BW’s case he is always going to be vulnerable going forward, and the network, who just wants this all to go away, is well aware of that. He is too much of a risk to their own reputation to put him back on - and I think that means “back on” anywhere. Even talk shows, which used to be pretty benign and entertaining, have gotten political and down right ugly at times (The View comes to mind.) So putting BW’s in that kind of forum is risky too. The minute someone disagrees with him and he pushes back, he’ll get the “well you lie, you have no credibility anyway” sort of response, which just dredges up the whole matter all over again. The network is not going to go down that road.

Kind of reminds me of what happened to a former Gov. of NY. I personally thought that ES still had a lot to offer. They gave him a talk show - think CNN not sure- and it just did not work. Some things can make you forever vulnerable.