page_title: Brian Williams
hierarchical_section_title: Brian Williams
caption_attribution_description: English: Brian Williams at the 2011 Time 100 gala.
context_page_description: Brian Douglas Williams is an American journalist at MSNBC, currently serving as the network's chief anchor and host of its nightly wrap-up program, The 11th Hour with Brian Williams.
  Williams is known for his ten years as anchor and managing editor of NBC Nightly News, the evening news program on NBC. After Williams joined the program in December 2004, NBC News was awarded the Peabody Award for its coverage of Hurricane Katrina, and Williams accepted the award on behalf of the organization. In February 2015, Williams was suspended for six months from his position as Managing Editor and Anchor of NBC Nightly News for "misrepresent[ing] events which occurred while he was covering the Iraq War in 2003", and on June 18, 2015 he was demoted to breaking news anchor for MSNBC.
context_section_description: Brian Douglas Williams (born May 5, 1959) is an American journalist at MSNBC, currently serving as the network's chief anchor and host of its nightly wrap-up program, The 11th Hour with Brian Williams.
  Williams is known for his ten years as anchor and managing editor of NBC Nightly News, the evening news program on NBC. After Williams joined the program in December 2004, NBC News was awarded the Peabody Award for its coverage of Hurricane Katrina, and Williams accepted the award on behalf of the organization. In February 2015, Williams was suspended for six months from his position as Managing Editor and Anchor of NBC Nightly News for "misrepresent[ing] events which occurred while he was covering the Iraq War in 2003", and on June 18, 2015 he was demoted to breaking news anchor for MSNBC.
caption: Williams in 2011
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