--- description: The news anchor says he "misremembered" certain facts title: Brian Williams Controversy: News Anchor Takes Leave image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf6b653f2dbc0c84b/69877e9de20a87601ea8508f/briwi2.jpeg?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Know Right Now](/tag/know-right-now/) ## Know Right Now Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Know Right Now: The Brian Williams Controversy by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 10, 2015 9:08 PM CUT  Getty Images by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 10, 2015 9:08 PM CUT _NBC Nightly News_ host Brian Williams announced over the weekend he would take a leave of absence, after his account of coming under fire while reporting from Iraq was found to be full of holes. For more on this story, watch the Know Right Now above. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3703787/know-right-now-brian-williams/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3703787/know-right-now-brian-williams/"},"headline":"Know Right Now: The Brian Williams Controversy","datePublished":"2015-02-10T21:08:29.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T04:18:40.890Z","description":"The news anchor says he \"misremembered\" certain facts","url":"https://time.com/3703787/know-right-now-brian-williams/","keywords":["Know Right Now","NBC","News","Brian Williams"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf6b653f2dbc0c84b/69877e9de20a87601ea8508f/briwi2.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Video","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-video/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf6b653f2dbc0c84b/69877e9de20a87601ea8508f/briwi2.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"The Williams Suspension","caption":"","creditText":"Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/know-right-now/","name":"Know Right Now"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3703787/know-right-now-brian-williams/","name":"Know Right Now: The Brian Williams Controversy"}}]}] ```