Did Brian Williams lie, exaggerate, or misremember?
If he originally reported the truth behind the events in Iraq more than a decade ago, and those events were filmed and broadcast on the nightly news, then why didn’t he fact-check himself before going on national television and recounting a false version of those same events? Surely, as a journalist, he knew the original video was out there for anyone to watch.
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After the interview, I discuss a news story about implanting false memories into the brains of mice using viruses and beams of light.
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Constructing Rich False Memories of Committing A Crime
How Not to Be the Next Brian Williams
Brian Williams Admits He Wasn’t on Copter Shot Down in Iraq
With an Apology, Brian Williams Digs Himself Deeper in Copter Tale
Do politicians lie, or just misremember it wrong?
Fake Memory Implanted in Mice with a Beam of Light
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