OSU Admissions Blog » Tom Brokaw http://oregonstate.edu/admissions/blog The blog of Oregon State University's Office of Admissions Thu, 16 May 2013 16:13:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Brian Williams Sends Apology, Still Waiting for Brokaw http://oregonstate.edu/admissions/blog/2009/01/22/brian-williams-sends-apology-still-waiting-for-brokaw/ http://oregonstate.edu/admissions/blog/2009/01/22/brian-williams-sends-apology-still-waiting-for-brokaw/#comments Fri, 23 Jan 2009 07:06:31 +0000 Matt http://oregonstate.edu/admissions/blog/?p=1234 Hey everyone. I just got word that NBC Nightly News Anchor Brian Williams, who mistook OSU Men’s Basketball Coach Craig Robinson for the personal assistant to President Obama, Reggie Love, during the presidential inauguration on Tuesday, emailed an apology to the Oregonian and The Daily Barometer for the error. Here’s a copy of the email, which can be found on the Oregonian and Barometer websites:

To the Oregon State Community,

My sincere apology. Whatever you have called me over the past few days can’t be any worse than my own anger over my mistake. I made an inexcusable error when I confused the great OSU coach Craig Robinson with a friend of mine, the personal assistant to President Obama, Reggie Love. I am sending personal apologies to both men, and this is my apology to all members of Beaver Nation. It was a mistake committed during 9 hours of live programming – I was distracted and watching many incoming video feeds, but that’s no excuse for the error, which was no one’s fault but mine. I have felt awful about it since I forced myself to read the coverage of it on OregonLive.com, and I hope that someday you can find it in your hearts to forgive my error.

Brian Williams

Brian Williams


(photo from msnbc.com)

Respectfully,
Brian Williams
Anchor and Managing Editor
NBC Nightly News

Apology accepted, B-Dub. Still waiting for you, Mr. Brokaw. :)

-mko

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My inbox blew up earlier this morning. Emails poured in from counselors and students who I work with regarding an obvious error on the morning of the presidential inauguration. One counselor wrote, “Tom Brokaw is dumb! (that was the subject line) I’m a bit miffed with his remark about Michelle Obama’s brother wearing Princeton colors on his scarf during the inauguration today!” Another email I received stated, “I also wanted to email you about Coach Robinson wearing Oregon State colors on the inaugural balcony today. The announcer (that would be you, Mr. Brokaw) I was listening to said they were Princeton colors, but we know better!”

Now don’t shoot the messenger. I love your show, The Situation Room. I’m a huge fan and always will be. And that thing you do with the electoral map, you know, the one that I think you call the ‘magic wall’ where you touch the screen and zoom in and get all the votes and percentages by county — awesome! But the fact that you would so carelessly whip out such flawed commentary makes you sound like John Madden during Monday Night Football Game.

Bad news reporting, Brokaw! Get your facts straight!

–mko

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