http://variety.com/2015/tv/news/brian-williams-suspended-from-nbc-news-6-months-false-statements-1201430512/Hoping to tamp down a controversy growing around one of its best-known on-air personalities, NBC News on Tuesday suspended Brian Williams, the most-watched evening-news anchor in the U.S., from his duties as chief anchor and managing editor of ?NBC Nightly News? for six months without pay in the wake of a scandal over misleading statements he made about his time covering the Iraq War in 2003.
The furor over Williams? embellishments have engulfed NBC News since early last week, when his account of facing enemy fire while riding in a helicopter in 2003 was challenged by Iraq veterans. Williams? last broadcast took place on Friday. Lester Holt will continue as substitute anchor.
NBC News has launched an internal probe of Williams? statements about the Iraq helicopter incident as well as other reporting that has since been challenged, NBC News said in a statement released Tuesday evening.
