Tom Brokaw: I Never Demanded Brian Williams Be Fired
Former "NBC Nightly News" anchor Tom Brokaw denied to the Huffington Post on Friday that he had demanded his successor, Brian Williams, be fired over a recent admission that a story Williams told about an incident in Iraq was bogus.
Brokaw's comments come after multiple reports based on anonymous sources suggested he was upset about the incident or had called for the firing.
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"I have neither demanded nor suggested Brian be fired," Brokaw said in an email to The Huffington Post. "His future is up to Brian and NBC News executives."
The New York Post's Page Six had reported this week that Brokaw wanted Williams' "head on a platter" over the incident and CNN reported that Brokaw was "furious" about the situation.
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