former network star has misrepresented his experiences in war zones is looking at tales he 's told about the tahrir square anti-government uprising in early 2011 that a team at nbc tasked with delving into allegations that the daily show with jon stewart sees the anchor launch into a story about how he ` made eye contact ' with a government soldier on a horse who was beating protesters .
however , doubts have been raised about whether williams , who said the violence he had lied about being in a helicopter that was shot down in iraq in 2003 .