The Media Research Center was quick to pounce on NBC anchor Brian Williams’ apology for falsely claiming he was under enemy fire in an incident during the Iraq War. MRC chief Brent Bozell tweeted, “Brian Williams has to go. NBC’s credibility is completely shot.”
That’s right — the guy who lied twice a week for more than 15 years by presenting his syndicated column as being his creation when, in fact, it was written by his deputy Tim Graham … is bashing Williams for telling a falsehood. If Williams’ credibility is “completely shot” by telling a falsehood, why isn’t Bozell’s?
If Bozell wants to set an example Williams should follow and prove that his words have meaning instead of being empty partisan attacks, he should abjectly apologize for deceiving the public for years — Bozell has yet to speak publicly about his years-long deception — and resign as MRC president. But he doesn’t have the guts to live up to his own rhetoric.
Meanwhile, the Washington Examiner’s Paul Bedard uncritically promoted Bozell’s tweet without mentioning Bozell’s record of lying.
UPDATE: The MRC has sent out an email campaigning for Williams to be fired:
The MRC does not mention Bozell’s record of lying or why he has been allowed to keep his job despite that.