Awkward: Pained Brian Williams Uncomfortable Talking About Ethical Lapse

[See NewsBusters for more.] An awkward and pained Brian Williams on Monday night was forced to discuss the ethical lapse of someone other than himself. MSNBC journalists and panelists eagerly pounced on lines from Melania Trump’s Republican convention speech that appear to be lifted from Michelle Obama’s 2008 Democratic National Convention address. However, Williams, who came under fire for grossly exaggerating stories he repeated on-air, at first tried to stay out of it. After playing clips of Mrs. Obama and Mrs. Trump’s speech, he simply teed up Chris Matthews and Steve Schmidt to talk about it: “We are joined here by two political professionals, who have both seen of light and entered the world of television journalism, and let's talk about this.” Later, Williams imagined memes mocking the businessman’s wife.