NBC reinstalled former NBC News chairman Andrew Lack as head of the news division - rendering Turness the No. Brian Williams was forced out of his “NBC Nighty News” anchor chair under Deborah Turness’ tenure. He was replaced by current moderator Chuck Todd. The decision by Turness at the time to suspend Williams rather than fire him outright reportedly outraged NBC News staffers.Īs for Williams, he signed off for the last time at NBC in December, ending his 28-year career at the network.Īnd it wasn’t just the Williams blowup that Turness presided over: In 2015, she was head of the news division when “Meet the Press” moderator David Gregory departed.ĭespite Turness’ public statements of support for Gregory, months of speculation over his future, which was sparked by sagging ratings for the Sunday political talk show, led to his exit. Since Williams’ departure from the “Nightly News,” the anchor chair has been filled by Lester Holt. He was allowed to resume his career as host of a nightly talk show on cable news channel MSNBC. NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal viaĪfter an internal investigation, Williams was suspended for six months without pay. Former NBC News president Deborah Turness has been named the top executive at British public broadcaster BBC News. He also claimed to have come down with a case of dysentery after drinking floodwater in New Orleans’ French Quarter in the wake of Hurricane Katrina - even though that part of the city was not flooded. Williams was forced to acknowledge that he lied when he claimed he was in a helicopter over Baghdad that was targeted with RPG fire by Iraqi insurgents in 2003. In 2015, Brian Williams, the anchor of the “NBC Nightly News,” was forced out of his chair and suspended after it was revealed that he made exaggerated claims of his wartime reporting. There, she presided over a division that became embroiled in several scandals from the time she arrived in 2013 as NBC News president. At NBC, she was the first woman to ever run an American network news division. The former president of NBC News who left the network five years ago after a tumultuous tenure marred by the Brian Williams scandal has been tapped to head BBC News.ĭeborah Turness will helm the British public broadcaster’s team of 6,000 journalists after spending four years as a top executive at ITN and ITV News in the UK. NBC’s Turness is spending millions on axed positions
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