Brian Williams waives the Medal of Honor Foundation Trust

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NBC Nightly News, Brian Williams, the object of criticism of their claims seem exaggerated fire in Iraq and his statement during Hurricane Katrina, has resigned from the Congressional Medal of Honor Foundation Board of Directors announced the group Thursdays. Williams was a member of the Board since of 2006.

The Foundation supports the Medal of Honor Society, which received the highest military decoration of the country by all persons and promotes the values of courage, sacrifice, patriotism, citizenship, integrity and commitment. The foundation's goal is to "perpetuate the legacy of Medal of Honor through education and joint efforts," said the organization's website. The Board is populated by the Medal of Honor and captains of industry. Williams was apparently the only journalist or media personality in the list.

The loss of the position of the card is told just another impact of the allegedly false stories. Williams is under a six-month suspension without pay , according to the New York Times. He went to the lawyer , AOL Jobs said above, to protect your work from a "morals clause" in his contract, a standard in the entertainment industry, which can allow the network to release him. He faces credibility problems and whether the public trust him, according to PBS NewsHour. again NBC was forbidden to appear in public , people have reported.

Ironically, his future in the air, just two months after Williams signed a new long-term contract with NBC AOL then said Jobs. He was known is online at a cost of $ 10 million a year. He told the Los Angeles Times :

It is likely, though I admit I am a single currency. I am, I think, developed and put on this earth to do what I do now - and that is eat, sleep and breathe fiction and new in the world is happening. And then at 6:30 each evening to deliver me, and I get to hear the audience, and I get to know them.

On a personal note, president of NBC News Turness Deborah Williams called it "one of the greatest journalists of our time."

The daughter of the host, actress Allison Williams defended his father reported on Thursday that PRNewser:

He is an honest man is a true man. It has so much integrity he cares as journalism. And yes, it is a very good father, but I know you can trust him, because, as each good daughter. I have tried many times.

Williams is not the only channel control surface on war stories. Mother Jones called war against truth to tell Bill O'Reilly in question . The magazine said the allegations of Star Fox News have during the Falklands conflict in 1982 between Britain and Argentina could not be corroborated combat experience. He worked for CBS News at the time, and several sources, including Bob Schieffer, the war in contrary to the assertions of O'Reilly. The lead organization

O'Reilly called the author of Mother Jones work " a liar, a smear merchant , "says Fox News. An important point of the article was that O'Reilly says that it is in the Falkland Islands, but it was not. According to the report by Fox, O'Reilly said, "There was no one in the Falkland Islands and never told me I was on the island, always." However, Mother Jones called O'Reilly cites past, as mentioned in a war zone in the Falkland Islands.