Brian Williams has experienced a recent fall from grace following the exposure that one of his favorite stories to tell of his time in Iraq, of Williams being shot down in a helicopter, was a fabrication.

The indictment of Williams and his subsequent suspension aside, mainstream media as a whole, while happy to put Williams on the stake, wholly ignores its failures and lies.

In this segment of Democracy Now! discusses the false statements of Williams and the larger issue of the continuing lies of mainstream media.

Watch.