Matt Lauer, a face known to many has always graced us with his warmth on the Today Show, but after recent allegations, his termination was publicly aired.
The Today Show has been on air for over 60 years, and Matt Lauer gave them 20 plus years of his life and even though this is the first of accusation against him, NBC decided to terminate him.
This story is fairly new and it is being covered on all news outlets. I myself have been a great fan of the Today Show and Matt Lauer. When I read about this story I just couldn't' believe it but then again so much has come to light that makes you wonder. Even his former co hosts were emotionally affected by it and his termination.
I am extremely happy that NBC did the right thing by terminating such a high profile individual and by doing so they sent a strong message about inappropriate sexual behaviour. NO ONE should be exempt from punishment. Not even the infamous " p***y grabber " and current President of the United States, Donald J. Trump.
Like I stated earlier, this story is new and not much detail has been released but I will update when more on this story has been released.
Link to the Washington Post down below.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/today-show-host-matt-lauer-fired-after-claims-of-inappropriate-sexual-behavior/2017/11/29/ee85bf42-d4fd-11e7-b62d-d9345ced896d_story.html?utm_term=.00bbdd47a83a
All these network types are phony assholes anyways, can't really expect anything from them, except their egos.
I am starting to get a little leary of the sudden increase in finger pointing as regards sexual mis-conduct. Are they setting us up to be blaize when the real dirt gets exposed? Why all of a sudden are some of the "icons" being sacrificed? Just weird. I am getting doubtful about who to trust.
I have a vision of the political class trying to escape in a hot air balloon. They are tossing out celebs to create a distraction and gain some altitude. Meanwhile they are laughing their asses off as we examine their droppings like anthropologists.
We are one the same page even the guy from npr got fired the other day since Cosby just been a downward spiral.
I'm a bit on your side on this one, windrockswater
@windrockswater, it is very alarming. Major outbreak of cases.
The un-named accuser has to be the lady who quit the network. I think her name was Ann Curry. Think about it, at the time she said he was being difficult to work with. She would have feared for her own carear at that time if she included the words sexual harrasment. Now women can take a stand without fear and I love it. I hope every jerk in power gets weeded out. If you are in a position of power you should still be held accountable to the same rules as everyone.
Interesting theory... I agree with almost everything. Let's make it known that men too are being sexually harassed, and it's starting to come to light. Some women think it's okay to grab men and feel on them because they maybe think that we only think with our private parts rather than our own brains. Right is right and wrong is wrong. No matter the sex @dinodog1
I agree with your comments, it does seem today that many accusations against him are coming to light. I normally don't pay attention to mainstream media figures but my wife loves the show so much she is following the story.
Well, seems like these incidents are spreading like wildfire. Who's next? LeBron James?
Garrison Keillor accusations freaked me out more. Sheesh, this guy should have had his picture by "homespun" in the dictionary. At least, that's what everybody thought. https://steemit.com/news/@theinsideout/garrison-keillor-fired-by-minnesota-public-radio-is-everybody-a-creep
These days I think everyone is guilty of harassment at one point or another in their lives. I don't wanna live in this world anymore :/
Matt crashed Bitcoin!
This increasing sexual abuse cases from famous people in the U.S is really getting alarming. What is the matter?
It's not increasing but rather women are now getting more support to speak out. In the past you (women) were dismissed and then stigmatized for being 'trouble'. It would be career ending. So the difference is now that the accusations are being granted weight, making it safer to speak up when a guy - almost always a guy - behaves unprofessionally.
@yaanivapeji, I couldn't agree with you more.
It all starts at the top....then trickles down.
I think it always happened. Women are getting the courage to step up now. Hopefully, this is just the storm that clears the dirt away.
Sorry to say, @joseph, I never cared much for Matt, finding him smug and overrated... Something is definitely in the air, however, and women are making it known, loud and clear, that they are fed up with 'boys being boys'. The rules of the jungle no longer apply...
More shocked to learn of the fall of personal heroes, such as: Garrison Keillor, Russell Simmons, and Charlie Rose. But, as French thinker, Blaise Pascal, pointed out in the 1600's: Great men's heads may be higher than ours, but their feet are just as low.
Men are subjects of sexual harassment as well. Let's keep that in mind. Terry Crews happens to be one of the men who bravely came out and stated that he was sexually harassed not long ago. Everyone should have their personal space respected as well as their person @yahialababidi
I loved the subject
I'll keep it if you allow?
@qassamed1, I don't understand. forgive me..
@joseph I want you to vote on my comment, "I'm joking"
I liked the article and wanted to keep it
I often enjoyed Matt Lauer's presence on the Today Show as a journalist but there has been complaints about Lauer with respect to his meanness (not sexual abuse five years ago). I agree that NBC did the right thing regardless.
It is almost unreal the amount of finger pointing and accusations that are flying around these days. It almost makes someone wonder if there is a decent shred of humanity left in the business or out there. Could it be a way to promote and draw attention to the industry, while distracting people away from other issues in the world? Perhaps some of it is forms of extortion. One question is, why now? - Has it just snowballed because people are tired of being mistreated? No matter the exact reasons, the truth will always come to light and there are some serious underlying issues that need to be addressed. I agree that those who abuse others should NOT get away with what they have done, especially after they try to hide it and hurt the other individuals and victims further. It's extremely sad and scary that those ways of abuse are "normal" for a lot of people because they have power or money, etc...
when will the real truth come out about Kelly?
So many more questions, what will happen, what’s next, will he make a statement? I wonder if his home ignoring or watching it all go down
I also wonder about the legitimacy of this rash of historical abuse allegations.
We can probably awknowledge that the media has the choice of which scandles to amplify, just as every groping case now results in coverage and dismissal, in the past such cases were selectively muted or amplified.
I will probably attract downvotes for this, but as a woman, I resent the equalization of all forms of harrassment. If you pinch my butt, I will definitely pinch your muffintop and leave a bruise, but that's not rape - its a form of assult I generally chose to handle outside of the court system.
I would hope that people would, like me, have a poor opinion of the character of people who routinely harrass people. But assholes get successful! no surprises there, if I want to play the real life game, there is a certain ammount of harrassment I have to be able to tolerate, and I believe that attractiveness is a currency, it's up to me to decide whether to 'power up' and tolerate the inevitable harrassment or whether to 'power down' and shame. I make those choices on a daily basis with individuals!
The problem with the 'metoo' culture is the legitimazation of every single complaint, and the expectation that every publicised complaint can be expected to attract more complaints by lifting the responsibility of taking a first step. So essentially we have a witch hunt. Maybe I tolerated a mostly onesided office romance because it did not offend me enough to 'power down', but if he's being accused of rape I'm going to announce my harrassment in the name of solidarity. But what if he isn't a rapist? Then I've participated in a witch hunt!
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These guys are pigs! Lock them up!
Are these rewards equitable?
Great post!! After seeing te hidden videos this morning of what he said and did to a couple different women, I am very unhappy that they took so long to fire him. I would hate knowing that my daughter could one day be tormented like these women were in the videos I saw.
What some sheeple should also understand is that , that knife cuts both ways , and what I mean by that is I’ve had a woman stocking me for months and the police would do nothing . I had a bad relationship with a very violent woman and the police told me “be a man about it !” . So indeed we do have social problems with equality , but you women get away with murder via most police departments .
It appears that the very evil that permits such behavior is turning on their own - Then agree to the lifestyle and feel untouchable until the boss turns around and pushes them off their pretty little pretentious life-