Rosie O'Donnell: Brian Williams's 'Lies' Show How Journalists Don't Tell the 'Truth'

Scott Whitlock | February 9, 2015
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[See NewsBusters for more.] According to View co-host Rosie O'Donnell, the ongoing Brian Williams scandal is an example of why Americans should know that "what you hear on the news is not always the truth." While conservatives have been making that point for decades, the liberal O'Donnell seems to now agree.  While discussing Williams's false claim to have been fired on by an RPG, the host attacked, "I think his credibility is being called into question, not only this instance, but over a series of exaggerations and/or lies or whatever you want to call it." On Thursday, O'Donnell denounced Williams's "blatant" "Lance Armstrong"-esque "lie."