Lester Holt stepping down as "NBC Nightly News" anchor
Longtime anchor Lester Holt is expected to continue at NBC News with a full-time role at "Dateline."
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Longtime anchor Lester Holt is expected to continue at NBC News with a full-time role at "Dateline."
New revelations about Brian Williams appeared in a New York Magazine article released this past weekend, including that the anchorman wanted to be a comic host and was even willing to leave NBC to do it.
NBC Nightly News Anchor and Managing Editor Brian Williams has been suspended without pay for six months, effective immediately, following questions about his credibility.
NBC announced the decision a day after Williams said he would temporarily step away from NBC "Nightly News."
In a message sent to NBC News staff and released by NBC on Saturday, Williams says it has ``become painfully apparent'' to him that his actions have made him too much a part of the news.
NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams' credibility has been seriously threatened since he falsely claimed he had been in a helicopter hit by a grenade during the Iraq war.
A cameraman for NBC News working in Liberia has tested positive for the Ebola virus, the network said Friday.
Brazen hackers were able to briefly take over NBC News' Twitter feed, sending out false reports of a plane attack on the World Trade Center site.
MSNBC issued a statement Friday that it had ended its contract with the the controversial host, with no further explanation.
