Brian Williams Issues Correction for Erroneous Report on Charlie Hebdo Attackers

Brian Williams tonight apologized on NBC Nightly News for NBC’s erroneous reporting yesterday about how one of the Charlie Hebdo shooting suspects was dead and the other two were in custody.

The report, from NBC’s Pete Williams, cited information given to them by senior U.S. intelligence officials. During the night, Williams walked back some of the reporting, though Fox News did mention the report at one point later in the night.

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Williams said tonight, “And while these sources have been reliable in our previous reporting, the intel they passed along to us last night turned out not to be correct.”

Watch the video below, via NBC News:

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