Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  I tīmata a Brian Williams ki te whakapaipai i ana kōrero nā te mea i pōhēhē ia ki te whai i ngā tapuwae nui o Tom Brokaw i NBC, e ai ki tētahi pūrongo hōu. I whakawhiwhia e te whatunga a Williams ki te whakatārewatanga mo te ono marama i te marama o Hui-tanguru i muri i tana whakaae kua teka ia mo te noho ki runga i te rerenga rerenga i whakaekehia i a ia e ripoata ana mai i Iraq i te tau 2003. Engari e ai ki tētahi pūrongo i roto i te Vanity Fair, ka tīmata a Williams ki te whakapehapeha i ana kōrero nā te mea kāore ia i te haumaru ki a Brokaw, nāna i whai wāhi ki a Nightly News i te tau 2004. 'I whakaaro tonu ahau me whakanui ia i ana korero na te mea e tino kaha ana ia ki te wikitoria i ona ngoikoretanga,' i kii tetahi kaiwhakahaere ki te whakaputanga. Clash: Ko Tom Brokaw me Brian Williams e whakaahuahia ana i New York i te 2004 - te tau i riro ai a Williams i te mahi a Brokaw i te Nightly News. E ai ki tētahi pūrongo hōu, i noho pōraru tonu a Williams i te whai i a ia. 'A i whai ia ki te whai i a Tom, i kawea mai ai e ia ana ake raruraru. He pai ki a ia te kōrero i ēnei kōrero nui... I kite noa ahau i te reira hei tetahi o nga ahuatanga o tona tuakiri. ' Engari e ai ki ngā kairipoata o mua i kōrero ki a Vanity Fair, kāore a Brokaw i tino whakaae ki ngā 'whakakahoretanga'. Ko nga korero i waiho ai ia 'he riri', e kii ana te whakaputanga. I tetahi wa, i kii a Williams i noho tahi raua i Berlin i te ra i hinga ai te pakitara i te tau 1989 - engari i uru atu ia ki te kaiwhakaputa korero tawhito i te ra i muri mai. I te rongonga i te pakiwaitara, ka haere a Brokaw ki roto i te 'riri o te riri', i kii tetahi o nga kaiwhakahaere o mua ki a Vanity Fair. 'I whakaaro a Tom ki taua tūru punga hei whakawhirinaki tūmatanui,' e ai ki tētahi kaimahi o mua. Ko ia tonu te Walter Cronkite. Ko etahi atu i kii ko nga taangata e rua i raru i te whanaungatanga i muri i te wa i riro mai ai a Williams i te mahi na te mea ahakoa i akiaki a Brokaw kia whiwhi ia i te mahi, kaore a Williams i 'whakapono' ki a ia. 'Kāore au i te mōhio he aha,' i mea tētahi pūtake. 'E mōhio ana a [Williams] e kore e arohaina ia e te kāhui, kia rite ki ta ratou i aroha ai ki a Tom, nō reira kāore ia e whakamātau. Koinei te take kāore he tautoko nui mō Brian i reira.' He whakapehapeha: I te wā o tētahi pūrongo i Hui-tanguru, i whakaahuatia, i kōrero a Williams i tētahi kōrero...
I whakamutua a Williams i te NBC i te marama o Hui-tanguru i muri i te kitenga o te teka mo tana noho i roto i te rerenga rerenga i patua i Iraq i te tau 2003. He pūrongo hōu i roto i te Vanity Fair e kī ana i teka a Williams nā te mea i pōhēhē ia ki te tango i te mahi mai i te kaihautū aroha a Tom Brokaw i te Nightly News. Ahakoa i kite etahi o nga kaiwhakahaere i tana korero teka hei 'whakakahoretanga' o tona tuakiri, ko nga korero i waiho i a Brokaw 'he riri' a kaore ia i tautoko i a Williams i te Hui-tanguru. Whai muri i tana whakapae i te teka, i whakaaro a Williams mehemea he pukupuku roro tana. Engari ko ētahi atu kaimahi o NBC i kī ko Williams i noho tonu i waho i tōna hohonu nā te kore wheako me te kore hiahia ki ngā rongo'pakeke '.