Top anchor takes self off the air indefinitely
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Top US television anchor Brian Williams is taking himself off the air for 鈥渟everal days鈥 as he faces an internal probe for embellishing an Iraq war story.
Williams, 55, who reportedly earns US$10 million a year and is watched by an estimated 9 million Americans each night, admitted earlier last week that a story he has repeated on air about coming under fire was not true.
鈥淚n the midst of a career spent covering and consuming news, it has become painfully apparent to me that I am presently too much a part of the news, due to my actions,鈥 Williams said in a note posted on NBC鈥檚 website on Saturday.
鈥淎s managing editor of 鈥楴BC Nightly News,鈥 I have decided to take myself off of my daily broadcast for the next several days, and Lester Holt has kindly agreed to sit in for me to allow us to adequately deal with this issue,鈥 he added.
鈥淯pon my return, I will continue my career-long effort to be worthy of the trust of those who place their trust in us,鈥 he said, without specifying when he will be back on the air.
On Friday, NBC launched an internal probe about Williams鈥檚 claims that he came under fire in a helicopter in 2003, amid criticism from troops who were present at the time.
His on-air apology on Wednesday further fanned the flames, with critics refusing to accept Williams made an honest mistake.
The embellished tale dates back at least to an interview with US chat show king David Letterman in 2013.
Fox News reported on Saturday NBC was not conducting a formal internal probe into Williams and instead had launched a 鈥渏ournalistic fact-gathering鈥 mission to better understand the situation.
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