Bill O'Reilly, a conservative, was fired by Fox News this spring after a string of settlements from women who they say O'Reilly acted inappropriately with became public. After a long period silence, O'Reilly did a few interviews complaining of his treatment. One of them was conducted by--wait for it--Matt Lauer!
From the Toledo Blade:
Matt Lauer was fired from NBC News on Wednesday after an employee filed a complaint about "inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace," the network announced.
Savannah Guthrie made the announcement at the top of the Today show. "We are devastated," she said.
The Today show is one of the most popular and most profitable franchises on American television. Lauer was the cornerstone of the program for two decades.
So his sudden ouster came as a shock to viewers — but not as a complete surprise to his Today show colleagues. They knew that multiple news outlets were investigating Lauer's off-camera conduct.
Meanwhile, Roy Moore remains active, and relatively few Republicans disavow them.
ReplyDeleteIt's like if Mel Reynolds got caught, and everyone was like "so ..."
Conyers seems likely to get ousted, but Franken seems likely to hang on.
I've always felt the allegations against Trump were being exaggerated. NPR a day or two ago said that he "admitted" groping, when it was pretty clear that the Access Hollywood tape was speaking metaphorically, though utterly vulgar.
It's endemic in our system. Partisans make excuses for their own side. Pretty gross. As a liberal, I have to admit I think it started with Clinton. Democrats talked about impeachment as a "coup." I was like, wait. Republicans are trying very hard to make Al Gore president, and you call it a coup?
Though the Clarence Thomas case was foreshadowing. Thomas had crossed lines, while he was heading up an agency charged with workplace discrimination of all things. Yet the partisans lined up behind him ...