Brian Williams Fumbles Mea Culpa

New York Times: “On the Today show on Friday morning, the former NBC anchor Brian Williams used every verbal variation imaginable to express error and regret. Every one, that is, except the two words that his colleague turned inquisitor, Matt Lauer, kept pressing him to say: ‘I lied.’

“And that resistance made Mr. Williams’ first appearance since he was suspended from NBC News unexpectedly raw, and distressing. This was an anchor who throughout his career had the cool, confident style of a John F. Kennedy; in parts of the interview, he came close to Richard M. Nixon in a flop sweat.”