Matt Lauer fired by NBC

[jimdavis40]

Matt Lauer fired by NBC. Sexual allegations made against him. Will this ever stop.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cn...nn.com/2017/11/29/media/matt-lauer/index.html

 

[NittPicker]

His disdain for women was obvious during the last presidential campaign.

 

[BobPSU92]

I'm guessing the university of tennessee won't be hiring him.

 

[AWS1022]

I'm guessing the university of tennessee won't be hiring him.

If they thought he could coach they would.

 

[Fayette_LION]

Matt Lauer fired by NBC. Sexual allegations made against him. Will this ever stop.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cn...nn.com/2017/11/29/media/matt-lauer/index.html

Good riddance to bad rubbish. He always was an arrogant a$$hole.

 

[BobPSU92]

If they thought he could coach they would.

What about their moral superiority?

 

[LighthouseGolfer]

These allegations must have been really serious if NBC cut ties with their Golden Boy so quickly without any debate. i think we are about to learn a lot more about Matt Lauer. Arrogant prick........

 

[Class of 67]

Good riddance to bad rubbish. He always was an arrogant a$$hole.

Count me as another who never cared for him.

 

[razpsu]

That is excellent news. That guy is such a weasal.

 

[BBrown]

If they thought he could coach they would.

LOL. nice.

 

[ThePennsyOracle]

Innocent until proven guilty, and I'm curious to see if any actual facts come out.

That said, Lauer is a well known prick & Grade A douche.

 

[SUPERTODD]

I could never figure out why feminists hated men so much. It seems that the men with whom they have surrounded themselves really ALL ARE sexual predators.

 

[BobPSU92]

I would like to think that NBC had cause to fire lauer, but many posts here read like what folks were saying about Joe in November 2011 (and that many still say about him today). Hopefully the details about lauer will be made known soon.

 

[PSU Soupy]

Yet Mike Tirico is gainfully employed.............by NBC.

 

[coveydidnt]

I would like to think that NBC had cause to fire lauer, but many posts here read like what folks were saying about Joe in November 2011 (and that many still say about him today). Hopefully the details about lauer will be made known soon.

And there will be another shoe dropping in many of these cases. When allegations are so severe to result in instant firing of top level people, and apparently for actions that have gone on for years/decades ...

The next round of witch hunts will be Who knew? Who Should have known?

The producer(s) of the Today show & the President of NBC News/NBC have got to know they'll be next.

 

[NC2017]

Matt Lauer fired by NBC. Sexual allegations made against him. Will this ever stop.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cn...nn.com/2017/11/29/media/matt-lauer/index.html

I knew his ridiculously small, tight suits would be his doom.

 

[Bob78]

Yet Mike Tirico is gainfully employed.............by NBC.

That was similar to my first thought as well.... if ESPN cleans house based on similar accusations, they could save themselves the layoff purge severance costs coming in Dec. Those accusations have been known - to whatever degree of accuracy they may hold - for a number of years. Some have been fired over this over the years, but seemingly not nearly all the people who have behaved this way. Let 'er rip, ESPN! (and not referring to the usual fartage coming from the mouths of so many on air).

And please let Desmond, among a few others, be caught up in that!

Overall, this is a good thing (but I'm more of a due process guy.... so the usual process is somewhat extensive, and termination is generally not the first action post-accusation, unless it's an egregious act). Boundaries and respect for each other need to be held to high standards in the workplace, as well as in everyday life. The rules work the same for both men and women, executives and staff. Cannot be a true 'equal opportunity employer' otherwise, imo. The example and tone needs to be clear from the top down.

 

[Obliviax]

And there will be another shoe dropping in many of these cases. When allegations are so severe to result in instant firing of top level people, and apparently for actions that have gone on for years/decades ...

The next round of witch hunts will be Who knew? Who Should have known?

The producer(s) of the Today show & the President of NBC News/NBC have got to know they'll be next.

What is funny is that two of these guys, Lauer and Rose, hammered Joe Paterno in 2011 & 12. At the end of the day, not only was Joe NOT a perp, he reported the perp as he should have under PSU and NCAA guidelines.

 

[bwifan]

I would like to think that NBC had cause to fire lauer, but many posts here read like what folks were saying about Joe in November 2011 (and that many still say about him today). Hopefully the details about lauer will be made known soon.

Don't have the exact wording I saw in front of me but the head of NBC said in the statement that they had reason to believe this was not an isolated case regarding Lauer. Basically saying they know about other cases and are vetting them or have been told second hand and are waiting for others to come forward. This guy by all rights sounds like a complete scum ball and doesn't he have a beautiful model wife? SMH...

 

[91Joe95]

What I want to know is how long NBC truly knew about him.

 

[bwifan]

What I want to know is how long NBC truly knew about him.

Indeed.... and who covered it up?

 

[pandaczar12]

What is funny is that two of these guys, Lauer and Rose, hammered Joe Paterno in 2011 & 12. At the end of the day, not only was Joe NOT a perp, he reported the perp as he should have under PSU and NCAA guidelines.

Because when they were making people look at Joe, no one was looking at them.

 

[NittPicker]

Because when they were making people look at Joe, no one was looking at them.

Lou Anna Simon says, "Hey, that's my line!!"

 

[Obliviax]

Don't have the exact wording I saw in front of me but the head of NBC said in the statement that they had reason to believe this was not an isolated case regarding Lauer. Basically saying they know about other cases and are vetting them or have been told second hand and are waiting for others to come forward. This guy by all rights sounds like a complete scum ball and doesn't he have a beautiful model wife? SMH...

well, the real reason is because the NYT was investigating him and they needed to get out in front of it before the NYT published it.

 

[Bob78]

Because when they were making people look at Joe, no one was looking at them.

You're talking about the OGBOT here, right?

Oh, them and the pontificating hypocrites in the media, you say? Can't argue with that!

 

[Zenophile]

What is funny is that two of these guys, Lauer and Rose, hammered Joe Paterno in 2011 & 12. At the end of the day, not only was Joe NOT a perp, he reported the perp as he should have under PSU and NCAA guidelines.

 

[psuro]

Hmmmmm.....where is Clay Travis in all of this? Considering the volume at which Rose and Lauer screamed, and looking at Travis and his volume on the Sandusky debacle....one has to wonder if he is of the same ilk as those he is screaming about - regardless of the real reason he is screaming about them.

As Shakespeare said "Me thinks thou dost protest too much".

 

[Nitt1300]

I'm not a fan of the guy by any means but it is troubling that everyone accused of anything is assumed to be guilty

 

[dbsteel]

He was a prick. Goo riddance.

 

[bwifan]

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And Lauer just interviewed Bill O'Reilly about sexual misconduct allegations .... I wonder what Lauer had to be thinking while interviewing O'Reilly as well as researching for the interview...

 

[ChiTownLion]

 

[lein]

Don't have the exact wording I saw in front of me but the head of NBC said in the statement that they had reason to believe this was not an isolated case regarding Lauer. Basically saying they know about other cases and are vetting them or have been told second hand and are waiting for others to come forward. This guy by all rights sounds like a complete scum ball and doesn't he have a beautiful model wife? SMH...

They know or they knew and did nothing.

 

[bwifan]

Friend is telling me that men are coming forward as well complaining about Lauer... anyone else hearing that Matt was swinging from both sides of the plate?

 

[coveydidnt]

Friend is telling me that men are coming forward as well complaining about Lauer... anyone else hearing that Matt was swinging from both sides of the plate?

Not likely.

 

[Obliviax]

Friend is telling me that men are coming forward as well complaining about Lauer... anyone else hearing that Matt was swinging from both sides of the plate?

 

[BobPSU92]

Friend is telling me that men are coming forward as well complaining about Lauer... anyone else hearing that Matt was swinging from both sides of the plate?

Not that there’s anything wrong with that.

 

[bwifan]

Not that there’s anything wrong with that.

Correct... was going to add that but thought it would be just assumed, kinda like using tongs to pick up and serve food

 

[BobPSU92]

Correct... was going to add that but thought it would be just assumed, kinda like using tongs to pick up and serve food

Tongs are also necessary around matt lauer.

 

[Mixolydian]

Tongs are also necessary around matt lauer.

Or thongs?

 

[Lion8286]

As 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.

http://variety.com/2017/biz/news/matt-lauer-accused-sexual-harassment-multiple-women-1202625959/