Former ABC News President Says Industry Partly To Blame For Brian Williams Fiasco

In a HuffPost Live interview Monday, former ABC News president David Westin laid blame on both Brian Williams for his lying mess and on the television industry as an enabling force for Williams’ behavior in the first place.

Williams found himself the scourge of the news cycle last week when he admitted to making up a story about being on board a helicopter that was struck down while reporting on the Iraq War. Since, other stories Williams has told over the years have also come into question.

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