Former information anchor Brian Williams is in talks to host an Amazon Prime election night time particular, stories Selection. The present would apparently be a “non-partisan dialogue” as election night time information is available in and will embody a number of friends.
Williams has been out of the information recreation for some time. He misplaced his position as anchor of NBC’s Nightly Information after a few of his reporting was discovered to have been repeatedly embellished. He went on to host MSNBC’s eleventh Hour till he resigned from the community in 2021.
If the deal goes via, Williams would start the November fifth presidential election night time broadcast as early as 5PM ET and proceed for as much as eight hours — or longer if the election is just too near name, writes Selection, citing unnamed sources conversant in the talks. The present reportedly wouldn’t sustain with breaking information; as a substitute, Williams and his friends would clarify occasions because the night time goes on. And the present gained’t name the race, in line with The Each day Beast.
The deal isn’t remaining, Selection reported. Its sources additionally cautioned that the information doesn’t essentially imply Amazon is planning on common information applications.