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[[Image:Williams.jpg|thumbnail|right|150px|Williams speaking at the [[John F. Kennedy]] Library ]]
[[Image:Williams.jpg|thumbnail|right|150px|Williams speaking at the [[John F. Kennedy]] Library ]]
'''Brian Williams'''(born May 5, 1959) is a [[American]] broadcast [[journalist]] and currently suspended anchor of [[NBC Nightly News]]. He is the seventh anchor of the thirty minute Nightly News program.
'''Brian Williams'''(born May 5, 1959) is a [[American]] broadcast [[journalist]] and currently suspended anchor of [[NBC Nightly News]]. He was the seventh anchor of the thirty minute Nightly News program.
==History==
==History==
In 2005, Williams obtained the coveted anchor's chair from [[Tom Brokaw]], who had retired at the end of 2004. [[NBC]] held its position as the largest and most watched nightly news network. As anchor Williams received praise for his reporting of [[Hurricane Katrina]].<ref>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3667173/</ref>
In 2005, Williams obtained the coveted anchor's chair from [[Tom Brokaw]], who had retired at the end of 2004. [[NBC]] held its position as the largest and most watched nightly news network. As anchor Williams received praise for his reporting of [[Hurricane Katrina]].<ref>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3667173/</ref>
On 2015, Williams ended up fired after he was exposed for repeatedly lying about his helicopter being shot down over Iraq.<ref>http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/02/05/brian-williams-lied-about-his-copter-being-shot-down-in-iraq.html</ref>
==Controversy==
==Controversy==