For whatever reason, tonight WWE Network decided to air a 5 minute cut-in of Paul Heyman addressing the current controversy surrounding NBC News anchor Brian Williams.
The piece was broadcast from the WWE Headquarters studios in Stamford, CT, and featured Heyman talking about how Brian Williams is on TV, therefore he is an entertainer. There was a photo of Williams next to Heyman with a caption reading “Brian Williams is a liar,” but Paul Heyman defended him by saying anyone who is on TV, be it a news anchor or an employee of World Wrestling Entertainment, is an entertainer, and their job is just that, to entertain.
The piece then cut to Williams signing off a recent news broadcast and he made no mention of the current controversy.
To that, Heyman said he admires Brian Williams, and likened Williams to himself, because like all good liars, he didn’t deny anything, and he didn’t let “facts get in the way of a good lie.”
Paglino: For those who are unaware, NBC News anchor Brian Williams recently came under fire for alleging he was in a helicopter which was shot down in Iraq, and the claim turned out to be false.
Further scrutiny of Williams’ past statements surfaced Friday amid a challenge to his account of his experiences in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina.
In a 2006 interview with former Disney CEO Michael Eisner, Williams said he witnessed a body floating in the French Quarter area of the city.
Brobson Lutz, a former city health director for New Orleans, later said there were no bodies in the French Quarter area of New Orleans.
Nick was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, and lived there until the age of 18, when he decided to pack his flack jacket and move to New York City.
