NBC news anchor Brian Williams suspended
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U.S. news anchor Brian Williams has been suspended by his employer NBC.
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The news comes after he admitted giving a misleading account of coming under fire in Iraq.
NBC said Williams would be suspended for six months without pay for his "inexcusable" actions.
Williams, the most-watched network anchor in the US, often spoke of being shot down in a helicopter in Iraq.
However, after veterans disputed his account, he admitted getting the story wrong and blamed the "fog of memory".
Last week, he apologized on air for the lapse.
NBC News President Deborah Turness said that Williams had "misrepresented" events from the Iraq war.
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