Courtesy of NBC News:Matt Lauer has been terminated from NBC News. On Monday night, we received a detailed complaint from a colleague about inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace by Matt Lauer. As a result, we’ve decided to terminate his employment. pic.twitter.com/1A3UAZpvPb— TODAY (@TODAYshow) November 29, 2017
Matt Lauer, the anchor of "Today" for two decades, was fired by NBC News after a detailed complaint about inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace.
"Today" co-anchors Savannah Guthrie and Hoda Kotb announced Lauer's firing Wednesday, telling viewers at the top of the show that they were processing his departure but didn't yet know all of the details.
In a memo to employees sent Wednesday morning, NBC News Chairman Andrew Lack said the complaint, which was made by a colleague of Lauer's, prompted a serious review and represented a "clear violation of our company's standards."
Lack said it was the first complaint lodged against Lauer, 59, for his behavior since he took over as anchor of the show in 1997, but there was "reason to believe" it may not have been an isolated incident.
"Our highest priority is to create a workplace environment where everyone feels safe and protected, and to ensure that any actions that run counter to our core values are met with consequences, no matter who the offender," Lack said.
Guthrie, who joined Lauer at the anchor desk in 2012, said she was "heartbroken" for both him and the "brave colleague who came forward to tell her story and any other women who have their stories to tell."
"I'm sure we will be learning more details in the hours and days to come. And we promise we will share that with you," she said.
I predicted weeks ago that we would see people who we would never have suspected accused of sexual misconduct, and I have to say that this is certainly one of them.
One thing is for certain, NBC News is absolutely not going to waste any time once allegations are made.
And another thing that is for certain is that Savannah Guthrie and Hoda Kotb are the very definition of grace under pressure.
It is quite clear that their heart is broken and yet they soldier on and do their job even through their tears.
Which only underlines the hypocrisy in this tweet from Trump this morning.
The fact that this POS continues to live in the White House while so many people are losing their jobs for far less egregious acts of sexual misconduct is a terrible injustice that I hope will someday be rectified.So now that Matt Lauer is gone when will the Fake News practitioners at NBC be terminating the contract of Phil Griffin? And will they terminate low ratings Joe Scarborough based on the “unsolved mystery” that took place in Florida years ago? Investigate!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 29, 2017
I find myself thinking dark thoughts when I think of Trump. Another reason to hate him.
ReplyDeleteAnn Navarro tweet:
ReplyDeleteMatt Lauer lost his job.
Charlie Rose lost his job.
Mark Halperin lost his job.
Glenn Thrush lost his job.
Billy Bush lost his job.
Harvey Weinstein lost his job.
Kevin Spacey lost his job.
But in politics... Conyers still in Congress. Moore still running. Trump still President.
47 minutes ago
He has no shame whatsoever. Is his lashing out, so sanctimoniously, supposed to make us think HE has done no wrong? or is this for his stupid supporters who must know/suspect he's guilty but just don't care. wow.
ReplyDeleteHave they never heard the allegations? a possibility. Has Fox News ever mentioned the 20 women (and the virgin 13 year old who accused him of rape)??
Trump is a malignant opportunist twisting this to his advantage to smear others hammering Fake News Fake News.
DeleteCBS nightly news showed his tweet about Matt,the showed photos of all the women that have accused trump and the story about the apprentice contestant that accused him.
DeleteThey need to repeat the trump story every time another guy is accused and fired,while nothing has happened to trump!
Hump Day Before 9:30am: https://twitter.com/TreyYingst/status/935876173913034752
ReplyDelete-Matt Lauer out at NBC
-POTUS shares anti-muslim videos
-POTUS calls for a boycott of a US media organization
-Fmr. Bosnian Croat military chief drinks poison at war crimes trial
-POTUS calls for investigation into Joe Scarborough
-ESPN terminating 150 employees
Are they even investigating these things before firing? A single complaint two days ago, at a job he's had for over twenty yrs.? This whole #metoo movement has really turned into mass hysteria.
ReplyDeleteWRONG! BOUT DAMN FUCKING TIME!
Delete'hysteria' Is a SEXIST word.
SOunds like 648 might have a few "me too's" out there? Runnin scared?
DeleteWhen there is compelling evidence, it is not mass hysteria. I understand where you are coming from and agree there is a chance false reporting for retribution sake is legitimate; however, people have now found their voice and the rights of the victims is now foremost and not ignored. Again, remember compelling evidence with multipe victims should be reported and believed.
DeleteI kinda doubt he was fired over mere rumours, @ 6:48. As you state, he's had that job for over 20 years. I figure the matter was looked into thoroughly, and Lauer's behaviour made him a liability to the company.
Delete@7:35 is correct, "hysteria" has a distinctly sexist root meaning. Did you use that word on purpose, @6:48?
According to TMZ: Sources connected to NBC tell TMZ the network has been investigating Lauer for weeks and multiple media outlets -- including The New York Times -- were working a story about the anchor and sexual harassment. As one source put it, "Lack tried to get ahead of the story before it broke."
DeleteSorry to burst your bubble there, 6:48...
I'm 6:48. I'm a woman, dumbass. I just think if someone's going to lose their job claims should be investigated.
DeleteFact: "Sexual harassment is any unwanted visual, verbal, or physical sexual behavior that interferes with a survivor’s work, education, or life. The U.S. Equal Opportunity Commission defines sexual harassment as unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical harassment of a sexual nature.20 In a job-related context, these harassments can affect an individual’s employment, interfere with their work performance, or create an offensive, hostile, or intimidating work environment.20
DeleteAccording to the EOC, there are two different types of sexual harassment: quid pro quo and hostile environment."
15 January 2017 THIS>
http://www.soc.ucsb.edu/sexinfo/article/different-types-sexual-assault
6:48 Anyone who uses this word needs to look in the mirror. DUMBASS.
Delete'a thoroughly stupid person; blockhead'
Want to bet 6:48 is a 'FAN' of Angela Lansbury?
DeleteThat's what I was thinking.
DeleteWe may have jumped the shark into the land of the witch hunt.
I hope NBC is conscientiously investigating this and it's not just the hearsay of one person. There are people that would use this opportunity for vindictive payback for some slight or personal gain.
While it is really important to believe the women and to turn the tide of sexual harassment (not only in the workplace) it is equally important we do not negate legitimate claims by instantly believing those that have an axe to grind and are just making stuff up. They do a disservice to those that have truly been abused.
They want to take Al Fraken's job on the word of two easily refutable right wingers and two "anonymous" sources. I'm sorry, I believe women, but that is bullshit to me.
DeleteHysteria is a psychological disorder too often attributed only to women. It is not exclusive to women. It is also a word, "Wartime hysteria led to many unfair accusations of treachery."
DeleteMass Hysteria Can Strike Anywhere, Anytime When stressed out, the mind can make the body sick.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/brain-bootcamp/201009/mass-hysteria-can-strike-anywhere-anytime
When I was still in the corporate world, because of a sexual harassment complaint, we went back to calling each other Mr. or Miss/Mrs. and there were no extracurricular activities, no office parties and certainly no sharing of personal information amongst co-workers.
DeleteSuffice it to say, if worked well, lots of work got done and people weren't friends simply due to workplace proximity.
I suggest this to any HR that wants to run a successful business where people actually work instead of fraternizing.
This is getting ridiculous when you complain hysteria is a sexist word.
DeleteBetter learn to pick your battles not become the word police.
Joe Miller's Brother from another mother -fucker. YUK!
ReplyDeletehttp://www.politicususa.com/2017/11/29/matt-lauer-sexual-harassment-firing-surprise-treatment-hillary-clinton.html
Have you noticed that Asshole in Chief's twitter hearts are shrinking? That's a good thing.
ReplyDeleteOT?
ReplyDelete"The center image below is the one used on the cover, with the headline “How Far Will Sean Hannity Go?”
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/sean-hannity-new-york-times-cover-photo_us_5a1e5d18e4b0d724fed4a756
Bill Clinton is excited to welcome this
ReplyDeletepig into the Democrat sex cult
Louis CK Frankenweinstein.
Sucks to be you.
yukity yuk yuk
I don't care what political party you belong to, use good judgement before whippin out yer winkie! And if you're married, just DON'T.
Delete7:28 Gee, and how many of the recently outed are GOP, dearie? Look at your Dear Leader...he's been accused of far worse than Franken, Clinton, and the rest, and there he is, on his golden throne, beaming over getting away with tormenting women for 60 years. Proud of your party are you?
Delete@7:28 AM, your hero is a perverted daughter diddler and a child rapist:
Deletehttp://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-elections/donald-trump-ivanka-trump-creepiest-most-unsettling-comments-a-roundup-a7353876.html
http://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-rape-sexual-assault-minor-wife-business-victims-roy-moore-713531
Matt Lauer: Democrat or Republican?
DeleteLauer faced allegations for his lack of fact-checking, and doing his homework on the Democratic and Republican nominees he was interviewing. There were several discrepancies in the way he questioned Trump and Hillary. While he kept interrupting the 68-year-old Democratic presidential candidate, he let the 70-year-old real estate mogul speak for a longer duration. While Lauer himself may identify as a Democrat, he has been slammed by the Democrats at town hall for showing bias.
https://www.earnthenecklace.com/is-the-today-show-host-matt-lauer-democrat-or-republican/
"Seen a lot of you lately.” “Let’s just get it out of the way. You had a little wardrobe malfunction the other night,” “What’s the lesson learned from something like that? Other than that you keep smiling, which you always do.” Eldritch!
ReplyDeleteYeah, old balding Matt's a PRINCE, aint he?
DeleteI never watched him and didn't know much about him. Once I saw something about 'Where is Matt Lauer?' I never found out where he was and never cared.
DeleteWhen I first heard Matt Lauer was fired for inappropriate, sex issues I wondered if he actually did something or if it was shady accusations and no investigation by his boss.
Now I am reading his problems go back many years. His bosses had to know and they are complicit and as wrong as the creepy Matt Lauer.
Why did Today Show allow the sex behaviors to go on and on? What is wrong with the network?
Employees like Matt Lauer exist and get by with mistakes and crimes because of employers that are complicit and even help with cover ups.
How do the American taxpayers and citizens fire their worst sex offender employee, living in public housing and paid to serve all people of our country?
NBC, Today is saying they knew nothing about Lauer's sex mistakes until a few days ago. If you believe that, I have a bridge to sell you.
DeleteCNN
ReplyDelete(CNN) Most past presidents probably wouldn't say anything publicly about the bombshell firing Wednesday morning of NBC's Matt Lauer for "inappropriate sexual behavior." And, if they did say something, it would be along the lines of "Even the highest profile among us are not and should not be immune from being punished for these sorts of unacceptable behaviors."...
.... Low road. Low road. Low road. Every damn time.
Why? That's a question only Trump can answer -- and it's not clear he would even know what to say. It's just who he is. He grew up learning that if someone tries to go low on you, the way to win is to go even lower -- and to make clear to them (and everyone else) that you are willing to go even lower still.
Trump views every event -- from white supremacist violence in Charlottesville to the firing of Lauer for inappropriate workplace behavior -- as an opportunity to score political points or prove himself right about something or other.
For him, taking the low road isn't an option. It's the only option.
Read more at CNN
NBC Only Fired Matt Lauer to Save Face Ahead of Looming Exposé
ReplyDeleteMultiple journalists revealed that they'd been investigating allegations against Lauer for months and that management at NBC News was aware.
http://www.politicususa.com/2017/11/29/nbc-fired-matt-lauer-save-face-looming-expose.html
'Lauer’s behavior was there for anyone to see, but the problem both at NBC and in society, in general, is people turned a blind eye and allowed a powerful man to harass and abuse women. NBC’s preemptive action shows that the climate is changing, and no one, not even one of the highest paid figures in the land is immune from the consequences of engaging in sexual harassment.'
http://www.politicususa.com/2017/11/29/matt-lauer-sexual-harassment-firing-surprise-treatment-hillary-clinton.html
http://www.politicususa.com/2017/11/29/matt-lauer-fired-nbc-sexual-misconduct-complaint.html
That clears up a lot for me. Two days to investigate a claim didn't make sense. Now it does.
DeleteMonths?
DeleteBut not Weinstein or Louis C.K.?
Low hanging fruit much?
Scarborough used to demean and marginalize the blond, but instead she got a bad case of Stockholm and actually got engaged to her abuser.
DeleteIf only all abusive anchors were so lucky, right?
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/tavissmiley/interviews/democratic-senate-nominee-alabama-doug-jones-2/
ReplyDelete"Doug Jones is the Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate in the Alabama special election on December 12, 2017. Jones served as U.S. Attorney in Birmingham beginning in 1997. Among many cases, he successfully prosecuted the Klansmen responsible for killing four young girls in the 1963 Sixteenth Street Baptist Church bombing." VOTE JONES.
Three is now a Republican candidate, ex-Marine Lee Busby, who has thrown his hat into the the ring as a write-in candidate.
DeleteHe's going to split the Republican vote!
https://www.rawstory.com/2017/11/kremlins-chief-troll-boasted-last-year-of-insane-plan-to-elect-trump-and-laid-out-evidence-mueller-still-probing/
ReplyDeleteTEEN RAPE>"justify his actions by telling his wife that GOD had told him to take the girl and make her his second wife."
ReplyDelete"The ex-wife also told Tingey that Mercado used intimidation to persuade her to not report his actions, and he even demanded that she recant her story when she told it to a local church leader."“At this time, I would ask the court to extend the full wrath of the law to Mr. Mercado,”“I know he can get life in prison, and that’s what I want.”
https://www.rawstory.com/2017/11/idaho-man-said-it-was-gods-will-that-he-rape-a-teen-girl-and-take-her-as-his-wife/
Heath country. You betcha!
DeleteWhat is the name of the molester that Chuck Heath, Sr. helped and supported?
Deletehttp://3.bp.blogspot.com/-j8B-AiywkIk/Tn3SGqHdreI/AAAAAAAADLk/I769uokz7Q0/s1600/f.jpg
Chuck Heath Jr. was a sick one when working at an elementary school.
Too bad the school system was so lax. Kids in that area get pregnant at 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 and no one thinks anything of it. In-fact it was encouraged by only abstinence adults, when abstinence was clearly not working.
Adults did not care. Sex gave them all something to do on those long cold nights. Married women don't always warm up and it was not a place where polygamy was practiced. Anyone available was game for the molesters.
http://www.politicususa.com/2017/11/29/steve-bannon-campaign-accused-sexual-predator-roy-moore.html
ReplyDeleteSteve Bannon the Grim Reaper
https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/entertainthis/2017/02/05/saturday-night-live-steve-bannon-grim-reaper-alec-baldwin-donald-trump/97516308/
So, did he just call Scarborough a murderer?
ReplyDeleteWas it 06 when matt and savannah had the office romance?
ReplyDeleteOnly a Palin fan would ask.
DeleteThey are both serial homewreckers who can't seem to keep a relationship going, even when they've ruined another's to get their prize.
DeleteEven though they never hooked up they certainly seem to deserve each other.
Perhaps she'll fall into his arms and try to save him?
Supposedly he had a affair with Natalie Morales,I don't know if she was fired or required to quit.
DeleteNO man or woman should lose their job over some skank gold digging. All cases must be investigated. Most women would not lie. But the trump women would. And they would set up an innocent man and ruin his career because some low life paid them to do it. Lousy ugly skanks.
ReplyDeleteSo 16 women, who’ve never met each other, all lied about the harassments/assaults which occurred over a period of several years? What are you smoking?! Trump even ADMITTED to his disgusting behavior. Are you one of the Palin-bots????
DeleteTrump also supports pedophile behaviors and ignores victims.
DeleteFor years he was fine with photos and posing with his Pre-teem and teen daughter that would be enticing and inviting for pedophiles. Who would use their child like that? Someone turned on by pedophile and incestuous relationships is the most likely answer.
Pedophiles and incest pervs would also like to publish posing in incest porn photos.
There is a special place in hell for people that pose children like that.
10:32am
DeleteTrump.fucking.said.he.grabs.women.in.the.pussy.
What more evidence do you need, you fucking braindead, inbred cretin?
Kennedy fucked Monroe. Got shot for it. History repeats itself. Trumpty Dumpty sat on a wall. Trumpty Dumpty had a great fall. Shit happens. :/
DeleteKennedy fucked Monroe. Got shot for it. History repeats itself. Trumpty Dumpty sat on a wall. Trumpty Dumpty had a great fall. Shit happens. :/
Deleteis there anything the orange moron can't make worse? why is he, the king of pussy grapping. still in office?
ReplyDeleteYay!
ReplyDeleteNever watched nbc ever again when Ann was ousted.
Yay matt out!
I saw this on the BBC and thought you should see it:
ReplyDeleteGarrison Keillor: Radio host fired amid misconduct claim -
https://twitter.com/HODOSHOWOVP/status/935970279058300928
Regardless of liberal or conservative, all the really old guys seem to have lived by a different sort of rules than we have now.
DeleteAt least all of these allegations are ushering in a new world where NO office contact is acceptable, and it's about time. No touching, no friendships, no socializing, work is work, PERIOD.
It's about time. My office was like this 20 years ago.
What amazes me is people's surprise.
ReplyDeleteMatt Lauer has skeeved me out for DECADES. I find him unwatchable because he's so sexist and occasionally even racist on air.
If you're shocked by this news, you must be a shitty judge of character, because Matt Lauer has been insulting women and behaving like an incompetent idiot IN PLAIN SIGHT for years, let alone what he's done behind closed doors.
We just live in a culture that let him get away with it until now.
I didn't really know who he was but looking at some videos of him, you are right, he is creepy! My grandma loves him but we all just would go, whatever, who the hell is that when she would talk about him on the morning show he did. I always knew her judgement was flawed!
DeleteAgreed. He gave me the creeps as well.
DeleteAnd now Garrison Keillor.
ReplyDeleteI think Garrison Keillor can be lumped in with Al Franken.
I also think at his age and after retiring from A Prairie Home Companion, he's shrugging it off with a "fuck it" and more than happy to leave.
What I don't like is NPR trying to erase Keillor's existence by shutting down websites, ceasing the airing of Classic Prairie Home and renaming Prairie Home to something else.
No loss to that last. The new show is boring now that Keillor has left. The new guy may play great mandolin but he doens't have the voice or personality to pull off hosting the show. It's nothing but a lot of music and interviews.
Lol. Liberals trying to decide which sex offenders to give a pass to, based on?
DeleteThis is a self created problem that was enhanced by Hillary the enabler trying another run. Such hypocrisy.
12:25PMn don't like it, leave, troll.
DeleteOur Alaska public radio doesn't even air reruns or whatever new iteration of Prairie Home they crafted.
DeleteMeghan Markle facing ‘existential problem’ as Crown expected to gag her anti-Trump speech
ReplyDeletehttps://www.rawstory.com/2017/11/meghan-markle-facing-existential-problem-as-crown-expected-to-gag-her-anti-trump-speech/
Prince Harry is fifth in line to the throne. Markle is a divorced woman of mixed race, who grew up under the protection of America’s First Amendment.
ReplyDeleteMarkle, whose African American mother has a master’s degree in social work from the University of Southern California, was raised “with a social consciousness to do what I could and speak up when I knew something was wrong.”
Markle is a women’s advocate for the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women. She has been outspoken in criticizing “misogynistic” and “divisive” actions of President Donald Trump.
Omg, remote lock?! Dang! Unflipping believable!
ReplyDeleteWhat took NBC so long? Why?
ReplyDeleteThe Real 'Today' Show Is Run by the Unpopular Bully Matt Lauer
In his new cover story for New York magazine, Joe Hagan offers the most in-depth look at the Today show ratings disaster that has created Matt Lauer's weeks-long attempt at image rehabilitation, and it's now clear that the defining moment that brought the morning show crashing down to Earth — the exit of Ann Curry — was something of a cross between the fourth circle of Hell and running with the Heathers in high school: Curry got pranked, she got her clothes made fun of, she was prevented from reaching out to Robin Roberts, and her legacy lives on as a punching bag for NBC to defend the man who couldn't share camera time with her anymore. MAR 25, 2013
https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2013/03/today-show-matt-lauer-new-york-magazine/317015/
CBS nightly news ran trumps tweet,then followed up by showing all the photos of the women that have accused trump along with the story of the apprentice contestant.
ReplyDeleteThey need to do this story every time another guy is accused and fired until justice is done and trump is fired!
Katie Coutic said he had the bad habit of pinching her butt.
ReplyDeletePersonally I could care less,Matt Layer is full of himself and the Today show is no longer a news program but fluff entertainment.
I bet Sarah Palin is seething,she wore her Barbie outfit to the today show and Matt ignored her.
Hahahaha sarah hahahahaha...
DeleteMatt Lauer 'summoned married woman to his office for sex, flashed his penis to another, had a button under his desk to lock the door, got a sex toy for a staffer and bedded NBC staff at the Olympics'
ReplyDeletehttp://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5130213/Matt-Lauer-flashed-penis-woman-bought-employee-sex-toy.html
http://variety.com/2017/tv/news/matt-lauer-fired-celebrities-react-1202625889/
http://variety.com/2017/biz/news/matt-lauer-accused-sexual-harassment-multiple-women-1202625959/
Matt Lauer lost his job.
ReplyDeleteCharlie Rose lost his job.
Mark Halperin lost his job.
Glenn Thrush lost his job.
Billy Bush lost his job.
Harvey Weinstein lost his job.
Kevin Spacey lost his job.
But in politics...
Conyers still in Congress.
Moore still running.
Trump still President.
Matt Lauer Accused of Sexual Harassment by Multiple Women (EXCLUSIVE)
ReplyDeleteAs the co-host of NBC’s “Today,” Matt Lauer once gave a colleague a sex toy as a present. It included an explicit note about how he wanted to use it on her, which left her mortified.
On another day, he summoned a different female employee to his office, and then dropped his pants, showing her his penis. After the employee declined to do anything, visibly shaken, he reprimanded her for not engaging in a sexual act.
He would sometimes quiz female producers about who they’d slept with, offering to trade names. And he loved to engage in a crass quiz game with men and women in the office: “f—, marry, or kill,” in which he would identify the female co-hosts that he’d most like to sleep with.
These accounts of Lauer’s behavior at NBC are the result of a two-month investigation by Variety, with dozens of interviews with current and former staffers. Variety has talked to three women who identified themselves as victims of sexual harassment by Lauer, and their stories have been corroborated by friends or colleagues that they told at the time. They have asked for now to remain unnamed, fearing professional repercussions.
http://variety.com/2017/biz/news/matt-lauer-accused-sexual-harassment-multiple-women-1202625959/
“I think everyone was a bit surprised how quickly this all turned around. No one expected his termination to happen that quickly. I believe the silver bullet was the photo and that was so damning that they had no other option but to fire him.
“Plus, the girl had a high-power attorney and so everyone knew if NBC didn’t make a decision and push it out quick, they would have arranged for a sit-down interview with a competitor [and the messages could be made public]. Matt took the news well once he realized he was in a corner. He was very apologetic.”
https://pagesix.com/2017/11/29/matt-lauer-accused-of-sexting-nbc-intern-and-staffers/
They are also saving a bundle on his million dollar plus salary.
DeleteNow they can hire a woman to replace him and pay her less!