Esposito is the senior executive producer of NBC’s investigative unit. He normally tries to break news about subjects like government wrongdoing. He strives to get his stories on Williams’ “NBC Nightly News.”
In his current assignment, he’s running down the facts about Williams’ disputed Iraq story, as well as several of the anchor’s reports in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
In television news industry circles, there are many raised eyebrows about Esposito’s assignment. After all, he works for NBC.
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“I sent it. I didn’t hear back. Then I went about my business,” he said. “And here we are 12 years later.”
An NBC News spokeswoman did not respond to requests for comment about Helus’ account, which matches what he told local newspapers earlier this week.
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