ABSTRACT
Th e scandal took off in , when Iraq war veterans disputed Williams’ account of having been in a helicopter hit by ground fi re during the invasion of Iraq. In fact, Williams had never been fi red upon. Rather, he was a passenger in another helicopter that met up with the crew of that fi rst helicopter and took pictures of the damage later. Williams fi rst told his tall tale as a correspondent on NBC’s Nightly News , then later repeated it, notably, during a appearance on Late Night with David Letterman and in other stories after he had moved up to the anchor chair at NBC.
