Brian Williams -- Can You Spell H-Y-P-O-C-R-I-T-E?

NBC anchor Brian Williams said "NBC Nightly News" would not be reporting on Lindsay Lohan's vehicular escapades on Tuesday evening's newscast ... due to a "lack of time!" But earlier reports of old age home Wii players and wacky wedding dancers -- plenty o' time!

This weekend's photos of Lindsay Lohan's car crash were front page news worldwide, but when Williams was asked by the Boston Herald about LiLo's antics being on his broadcast, the uptight news nerd said, "It does not and it won't be NBC Nightly News ... we have Justice Ginsburg reading her dissent today from the bench. We have record violence in Iraq. ... We've got a whole lot to cover and very little time." Oh really?

The "Nightly News" managed to find the time for the earth-shattering news of videogame-playing geezers, the vitally important news of the hot new teen craze sweeping the nation -- needlepoint, and the life-or-death reporting on novel wedding choreography. Clearly, this is hard news compared to the travails of our beloved Firecrotch.



Tags: BRIAN WILLIAMS, BrianWilliams, LINDSAY LOHNA, LindsayLohna, LOHAN, NBC, NIGHTLY NEWS, NightlyNews

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31. TMZ is acting silly.

Posted at 5:45PM on May 30th 2007 by brian miller

32. TMZ has a right to take a jab at Brian Williams. He, above all the other major anchor people, is the biggest hypocrite of all. Obviously, TMZ-ers don't listen any better than they read.

Give 'em more pictures and video's, TMZ! That's really all most of them can really comprehend.
Lindsay probably, too. I don't see her as 'getting it' anytime soon, if ever.

Posted at 6:05PM on May 30th 2007 by Lee

33. i am glad that the news will not be reporting lindsey's drunken antics. who cares? there are so many more important things that are worthy of my viewing....like those old ladies enjoyning a game of Dead or Alive or Baseball 2007. lindsey and the rest of the hollywood dopefiends need to give us a break and please hire a driver.

Posted at 6:20PM on May 30th 2007 by ms. me

34. And be fair, TMZ-ers. If it had been Katie Couric and not Brian Williams making that asinine statement ,"We've got a whole lot to cover and very little time." you would be all over her for one and ONLY one
reason: She's funner to hate.



Posted at 6:12PM on May 30th 2007 by Lee

35. Does TMZ know the meaning of the word hypocrite? If he has said they werent going to cover it and they did that would make them a hypocrite. Dumbasses. Good for NBC. About time they stop giving these losers attention.

Posted at 2:53PM on Jun 24th 2007 by tina

36. Who the hell cares!?! Last I checked, Lindsey Lohan's trashy antics are HARDLY anything new...much less newsworthy, she's been pulling this $hit for years! I'd much rather watch anything else. Lock Lindsay up in rehab or jail and whatever and please be done with her. She's a spoiled little brat who has no concept of the real world...much like MOST Hollywood celebrities.

Posted at 6:25PM on May 30th 2007 by KT

37. Well, if anyone witnessed Brian babbling after one of Bush's speeches
and saw how they tried to stop him you'd know how unprepared and
clueless he is about what he claims is valid news. Honestly, I
don't even like the guy but I felt sorry for him. First, a guest
tried to interrupt him and that didn't work so they finally cut to
commercial while Brian was *still* rambling on. Upon return, Brian
wasn't even still co-hosting the discussion. He was strangely, just
gone. LOL
What a complete fraud - the entire NBC news division, But Brian Williams really does prove ***anyone*** can get a plum news anchor job with the right look. Boy next door.....lol, in his case.

Posted at 6:30PM on May 30th 2007 by the other Chris

38. Thank you Brian and NBC. News is plastered everywhere of either Paris, Brit, Nicole or Lindsey. I was watching it the other day (on a different network) and the lead story was on Lindsey. Not gas prices, not Iraq, not the presidential campaign, but Lindsey. Kudos to NBC. I'd much rather watch some elders, (who could teach those young celibrats a thing or two about class and integrity) learning to use the Wii!! Would be fun and light hearted way to end the news day.
Oh and by the way, Black Comedy, speaking of a pontificator, after reading your remarks, all I can say is look in the mirror baby!!

Posted at 6:39PM on May 30th 2007 by EM

39. TMZ, I think the majority of the readers here have only read the headline of this article.

And they're still in Hate-Lindsay mode. Like someone else said, bring on the pictures and videos! It's what your audience here wants most. Skip facts. Forget the POINT of this article. (The utter hypocrisy of that flake Brian Williams.)

lol
see ya next time when you get something as GOOD as this, TMZ. I LOVE it you outed Brian the Hypocrite.

Posted at 6:39PM on May 30th 2007 by the other Chris

40. for once, good on general electric, er, nbc. it's bad enough that keith olbermann routinely stinks up his program with your crap.

Posted at 7:13PM on May 30th 2007 by nona

41. Uh, only an idiot could possibly think that Lindsay Lohan's crash is worthy of even one millisecond of air time on any of our nations networks, especially during a newscast.

Posted at 8:37PM on May 30th 2007 by william tannenbaum

42. NBC took a stand. I wish the other news outlets would do the same.

There are troops dying, immigration concerns, 2008 camapign issues etc...

Gossip belongs with the rags like TMZ, InTouch, US, STAR and Star Plus.

Posted at 7:51PM on May 30th 2007 by just asking

43. good for him and NBC lets have some happy news

Posted at 7:57PM on May 30th 2007 by cooky

44. Actually, I would lose a lot of respect for a Brian Williams if his news program DID cover Lindsay's escapades. That's fine to see on Extra or read on Perez, but I don't want to be bothered with such nonsense during the evening news. I would rather watch old people dance, honestly. Lindsay's publicity should stay trashy, on TMZ, not the evening news.

Posted at 8:51PM on Jun 3rd 2007 by Jen

45. Well it's about darn time. Good for NBC . Keep in mind that Brian is the anchor of NBC nightly news . He is not solely responsible for the broadcast. With that typed, I'm glad NBC didn't run it. Enough of her and those like her. They make young H-wood look bad. She's just another used up actress who will be forgotten about in five years just like Yasine Bleeth. See? Don't know who she is do you? Anyway , NBC did the right thing. And as for TMZ, pick on someone who deserves it . Leave Brian Williams alone. Oh , and a NERD he is not , and if he were a nerd - so .

Posted at 8:37PM on May 30th 2007 by YES i TYPED it

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