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In his first interview since being suspended and removed as anchor of NBC Nightly News, Brian Williams told Today co-host Matt Lauer on Friday that he “was not trying to mislead people” when he fabricated stories about news events he covered.
Lauer asked: “...let's go back to January when you went on Nightly News and you recounted a story about a military veteran who played a role in a harrowing chopper ride you took while covering the Iraqi war....Did you know it was not true?” Williams replied: “I told the story correctly for years before I told it incorrectly. I was not trying to mislead people. That, to me, is a huge difference here.”