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NBC announced Thursday that Lester Holt will permanently replace Brian Williams as anchor of “NBC Nightly News.”

Embattled NBC News anchor Brian Williams has decided to step away from his daily broadcast duties.

It seems like everybody in media, from the cable news chatterers to the morning radio crews is talking about Brian Williams and the controversy that has erupted around an erroneous story Williams has been delivering about his time reporting in Iraq in 2003.

The following statement from NBC Anchorman Brian Williams was posted on the network’s website Saturday: In the midst of a career spent covering and consuming news, it has become painfully apparent to me that I am presently too much a part of the news, due to my actions.

An exaggerated tale of combat in which no one was injured has proved injurious to the career of Brian Williams, who was suspended for six months without pay from his post at the top-rated “NBC Nightly News.”

When it comes to the honesty demanded of public figures, Americans appear to be a fickle bunch.

The move by NBC News to keep the disgraced veteran on staff was met with disdain on social media, as Twitter users skewered Williams and the network for not sacking him altogether.

Embattled NBC News anchor Brian Williams has a potential lifeline in Andrew Lack’s expected return to NBC News.

Beleaguered anchor Brian Williams is still awaiting word about his future, but network insiders believe that it’s unlikely he’ll return to his desk at the “NBC Nightly News.”

“NBC Nightly News” anchor Brian Williams was suspended for six months without pay for exaggerating his role in a helicopter incident in Iraq, marking the first time a network news anchor has been stripped of his duties.

Embattled NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams has pulled out of his scheduled Thursday appearance on “Late Show With David Letterman.”

Many in the media business believe that the future looks bleak for suspended “NBC Nightly News” anchor Brian Williams.

Brian Williams’ future as anchor of “NBC Nightly News” is still undecided, but it’s looking bleak.

Sportscaster Keith Olbermann is no stranger to being suspended -- he was briefly taken off his ESPN show last month after getting into a fight on Twitter -- so it’s not surprising that he has great sympathy for embattled newsman Brian Williams.

While most in the media will only go public with statements of shock and disbelief at Brian Williams’ on-air exaggerations that led to his six-month suspension, Alec Baldwin offered up a more psychological reasoning.

In the hallways at NBC headquarters here, the walls are adorned with photos of “Nightly News” anchor Brian Williams covering stories around the world, underscored by snippets from a recent ad campaign: “He’s been there.

Now that Brian Williams is temporarily sidelined from “NBC Nightly News,” speculation among television insiders is growing about what the network will do if he does not return to the anchor chair.

NBC News is standing by Brian Williams after the anchor’s admission that he embellished his role in a military incident during the Iraq war.

Brian Williams of “NBC Nightly News” apologized on his Wednesday broadcast for mistakenly saying he was aboard a helicopter that was hit by enemy fire while covering the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq.

Brian Williams’ false statements regarding his experience on a military helicopter during the 2003 invasion of Iraq have triggered an investigation amid escalating criticism of the anchorman’s actions.