So he got fired.
While I have no love at all for Matt Lauer, we do have this little thing called due process...there is absolutely no proof the allegations are true...just that they have been lodged. I guess that is all thats required.
This is just not right. No matter who it happens to.
The cynic in me says men are being systematicly pushed from their jobs to make way for women...and what a handy too to use: have you stopped abusing women?
You can be assured the target will swing our way. Just surprised so many dems being taken out.
Just saw tabloid in store with headline lauer was going to push out Megynn kelly
Now she may move up
Unless of course, the only research needed was to look into the file of “Stuff everybody knew about but nobody was doing anything about it.” Based on the Cokie Roberts comments about John Conyers, there might be a HUGE file waiting for public notice. That could explain why these things seem to be resolved so quickly.
I wonder if/when allegations will come out against Ellen.
Yup. Due process is out the window because...feelings.
I understand what you’re saying about due process, but in a case like this when a prominent person gets fired quickly I have a different take. I assume the employer knew about the guy’s story for years, and looked the other way all along. They fired him this time because it was about to become a public story outside NBC.
Due process is appropriate in court but not employment. Because this is so high profile, I assume NBC had overwhelming evidence.
In reality, Lauer should have been fired long ago for the consensual affairs with subordinates. In most companies that alone is enough.
Where do Shep & Cooper fit into that equation?
i would like to see a montage of Laur commenting on Trumps - billy bush tape, his comments on Weinstein, and all of the rest of the perverts which Laur commented on. The hypocrisy has got to be thick.
NBC is trying to get out in front of a coming NYTimes article exposing a pattern of sexual misconduct over at NBC.
Due process be damned.
The possibilities:
1. Lauer's behavior has been known for some time; he has been on "probation;" he broke the rules again and management said that's it.
2. Lauer's behavior has been known for some time but NBC chose to ignore it as long as no woman came forward publicly and made a formal complaint. Once that happened, and given knowledge of his previous behavior, NBC decided that its hand was forced, especially in the current climate.
3. People had been turning a blind eye to extramarital affairs for years but thought they were consensual. This one wasn't, and the woman involved had irrefutable evidence. You say there is absolutely no proof the allegations are correct. I seriously doubt that. I expect the woman has something that made HR, the NBC lawyers, and top press utter a collective, "Oh, s*%!." There are lots of things that can get anyone summarily fired. That doesn't mean the company will make the reasons public.
4. There is some combination of all of the above, and when the woman came forward, Lauer may have manned up and confessed. He may be a miscreant, but that doesn't mean he doesn't have a sense of shame. The loose end here is that he was fired rather than being given a chance to quietly resign.
I agree with you completely. Sochi Olympics was years ago. Where does this end?