After cameras caught Arizona Governor Jan Brewer pointing her finger at President Obama during a discussion on an airport tarmac last week, NBC’s Brian Williams acted appalled. “Who have you ever seen talking to the President like this?” Williams demanded to know on the January 26 Nightly News, later adding: “You don’t see that often, or maybe ever.”

But, as NewsBusters blogger Noel Shepherd discovered over the weekend, Brian Williams himself jabbed a finger towards then-President George W. Bush in an August 29, 2006 interview, as evidenced in footage shown on NBC’s Today show the following morning.

Video: http://www.mrctv.org/videos/brian-williams-shocked-jan-brewers-finger-pointing

That confrontation did not seem particularly acrimonious, but the picture looks incredibly similar to the Obama-Brewer confrontation — which demonstrates that images alone cannot always tell the entire story.

The exchange between Bush and Williams came as the then-President was talking about how the media endlessly analyze the decisions of a Commander-in-Chief:

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