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| Brian Williams: Searching for the Truth? |
I don't know how familiar Brian Williams is with the Bible, but it doesn't have anything good to say about liars. And Williams has proven himself to be a pretty big liar.
Here's an example of the Bible's condemnation of falsehood: "For my mouth will utter truth; wickedness is an abomination to my lips." (Proverbs 8:7) And here's one that reveals the eternal abode of liars: "Outside (heaven) are the dogs and sorcerers and the sexually immoral and murderers and idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood." (Revelation 22:5)
Brian Williams is NBC's prime-time pretty-boy news anchor who commands a hefty seven-figure salary. With his stature at the Peacock, you'd think that he'd be extremely concerned about his image and integrity. Because any serious news reporter will tell you that when a journalist loses his or her credibility, they become a big fat zero.
Williams' credibility took a serious beating recently after he was forced to admit that he fabricated a story about flying into Iraq in 2003 on a Chinook helicopter that he claimed came under enemy fire.
Williams repeated the story for several years, and as recently as last week during a public tribute at New York's Madison Square Garden for a retired soldier who provided security for the helicopters that flew into Iraq that day.
Why did Williams suddenly come clean? Because Sgt. 1st Class Joseph Miller, the flight engineer who flew Williams and his crew into Iraq on that day in 2003 revealed the Chinook was never shot at. Miller claimed that the helicopter that actually came under RPG (rocket propelled grenade) fire arrived about an hour before Williams' copter flew in.
When Miller exposed Williams' fable, the celebrity newscaster attempted to dance his way out of his lie by claiming that he was actually in a copter directly behind the one that came under fire: "I would not have chosen to make this mistake," Williams said. "I don’t know what screwed up in my mind that caused me to conflate one aircraft with another."
Williams wasn't in the second copter either. He tried to explain away a lie by telling another one. To say the least, Williams made a complete donkey out of himself.
Evidently, that wasn't the first time Williams fabricated a story. Many folks have called him out for a yarn he told several years ago when he claimed he saw a body floating in floodwater near the New Orleans hotel he stayed at in August, 2005 as Hurricane Katrina was poised to slam the city.
The hotel that Williams stayed at was located in the French Quarter. According to the New Orleans Advocate, the French Quarter never flooded during the killer storm. So Williams was either hallucinating or he concocted the story about the floating body.
Why does a successful media personality such as Williams have to fabricate stories? Because he's a narcissist with a massive ego who's infatuated with himself.
And he's surrounded by an army of suckups and rump-kissers who desperately want to hang in his inner circle. They feed his ego by telling him how great he is in exchange for his attention. And Williams honors his worshipers by expanding his mythical legend.
It's not unusual for high profile celebrities with extensive exposure on TV, the big screen, radio or the internet to have beaucoup egos. But it's tragic. And in today's idolatrous, post-Christian world, it prevails more than ever.
Nearly 2,000 years ago, the apostle Paul revealed that one of the manifestations of an end time, morally depraved world would be people who would be full of themselves. Here's what he wrote: "But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God--having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with such people." (2 Timothy 3:1-5)
According to insiders at NBC, Williams could lose his job. When a network's biggest news star has lost his credibility then he's become a liability. And that makes NBC look bad because if it keeps Williams, it's essentially condoning falsehood. Will Williams go? Time will tell.
It's too bad that the same moral standards applied to Brian Williams aren't applied to politicians such as President Barack Obama who lies and lies and lies and yet continues to enjoy high approval ratings.
Obama makes Brian Williams look like George Washington. And yet few people seem to care. That's more of an indictment against them than it is against the deceivers they worship. But considering that we're living in the prophetic last days, we shouldn't be surprised.
Evidently, that wasn't the first time Williams fabricated a story. Many folks have called him out for a yarn he told several years ago when he claimed he saw a body floating in floodwater near the New Orleans hotel he stayed at in August, 2005 as Hurricane Katrina was poised to slam the city.
The hotel that Williams stayed at was located in the French Quarter. According to the New Orleans Advocate, the French Quarter never flooded during the killer storm. So Williams was either hallucinating or he concocted the story about the floating body.
Why does a successful media personality such as Williams have to fabricate stories? Because he's a narcissist with a massive ego who's infatuated with himself.
And he's surrounded by an army of suckups and rump-kissers who desperately want to hang in his inner circle. They feed his ego by telling him how great he is in exchange for his attention. And Williams honors his worshipers by expanding his mythical legend.
It's not unusual for high profile celebrities with extensive exposure on TV, the big screen, radio or the internet to have beaucoup egos. But it's tragic. And in today's idolatrous, post-Christian world, it prevails more than ever.
Nearly 2,000 years ago, the apostle Paul revealed that one of the manifestations of an end time, morally depraved world would be people who would be full of themselves. Here's what he wrote: "But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God--having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with such people." (2 Timothy 3:1-5)
According to insiders at NBC, Williams could lose his job. When a network's biggest news star has lost his credibility then he's become a liability. And that makes NBC look bad because if it keeps Williams, it's essentially condoning falsehood. Will Williams go? Time will tell.
It's too bad that the same moral standards applied to Brian Williams aren't applied to politicians such as President Barack Obama who lies and lies and lies and yet continues to enjoy high approval ratings.
Obama makes Brian Williams look like George Washington. And yet few people seem to care. That's more of an indictment against them than it is against the deceivers they worship. But considering that we're living in the prophetic last days, we shouldn't be surprised.
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