GREAT MOMENTS IN JOURNALISM – AT 11:54 A.M. ET:  Brian Williams is back on the air for NBC.  Oh, how we have missed his integrity.  From The New York Times: 

Brian Williams was eating dinner in early June at the Bronxville, N.Y., house of his new boss, Andrew Lack, discussing his fate at NBC News.

It had been nearly four months since Mr. Williams had been suspended from his position as anchor of “Nightly News,” and he had been reflecting on how he might make a return to the air.

Mr. Williams said that he hoped to focus on live, breaking news.

Mr. Lack responded that he had the perfect fit. Mr. Williams could resume his career at MSNBC, the ratings-challenged cable network that was in the midst of overhauling its daytime coverage.

“His passion fit exactly with one of our biggest needs,” Mr. Lack, chairman of NBC News and MSNBC, said in an interview on Monday. “Brian will be such an important contribution to MSNBC’s page-turn here.”

Now, after seven months of making news, Mr. Williams will start covering it once again. He is expected to return to the air on MSNBC about 3 p.m. on Tuesday (today) in his new role as a breaking news anchor, starting with coverage of Pope Francis’s visit to the United States.

His re-emergence represents the opportunity for Mr. Williams to rehabilitate his image and restore the trust he once commanded as head of the country’s No. 1 evening news broadcast.

COMMENT:  I just don't get it.  With all the qualified, honest journalists available, why does NBC continue to depend on a man with a history of making things up?  Okay, people often deserve a second chance.  But others, who have proved themselves, deserve a first chance.  Mr. Williams has plenty of cash.  Maybe he could be an occasional commentator.  But NBC had better choices here.

September 22, 2015