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Matt Lauer Fired for Sex...

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Blackjack200 said:
Like I suggested earlier in this thread, this was another example of an organization underreacting to allegations, not overreacting. This is multiple women, over many years, and the behavior seems like it was no secret. I bet he cooled it down over the last few weeks though.
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I bet he was shitting his pants waiting for his turn.
 
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MomentsofSanity said:
Variety has published their story they were working on.

http://variety.com/2017/biz/news/matt-lauer-accused-sexual-harassment-multiple-women-1202625959/
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Lauer, who was paranoid about being followed by tabloid reporters, grew more emboldened at 30 Rockefeller Center as his profile rose following Katie Couric’s departure from “Today” in 2006. His office was in a secluded space, and he had a button under his desk that allowed him to lock his door from the inside without getting up.
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that's dedication for ya
 
Geraldo weighs in:

Sad about @MLauer great guy, highly skilled & empathetic w guests & a real gentleman to my family & me. News is a flirty business & it seems like current epidemic of #SexHarassmentAllegations may be criminalizing courtship & conflating it w predation.
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More complaints:

On Wednesday, NBC received at least two more complaints related to Mr. Lauer, according to a person briefed on the network’s handling of the matter. One complaint came from a former employee who said Mr. Lauer had summoned her to his office in 2001, locked the door and sexually assaulted her. She provided her account to The New York Times but declined to let her name be used.

She told The Times that she passed out and had to be taken to a nurse. She said that she felt helpless because she didn’t want to lose her job, and that she didn’t report the encounter at the time because she felt ashamed.
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Heard on the radio today that this guy had a secret button that locked the door to his office, he could use it to keep people in his office once they entered. Sounds like this guy was a real creep. They also played a clip of him interviewing and giving Bill O'Reilly a hard time about his accusations from just a month ago or so. Irony.
 
SlowSpyder said:
Heard on the radio today that this guy had a secret button that locked the door to his office, he could use it to keep people in his office once they entered. Sounds like this guy was a real creep. They also played a clip of him interviewing and giving Bill O'Reilly a hard time about his accusations from just a month ago or so. Irony.
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Was probably criticizing him for being caught. Takes balls to know your own history and be that superior about it.
 
Anyone notice how Joe Scarborough has been pretty quiet about all these allegations coming out against media personalities? I wonder how much heat he would be in if Mika didn't accept his advances. I still wouldn't be surprised if something surfaces from his days as a Florida congressman...hell even Trump hinted at it.
 
UNCjigga said:
Anyone notice how Joe Scarborough has been pretty quiet about all these allegations coming out against media personalities? I wonder how much heat he would be in if Mika didn't accept his advances. I still wouldn't be surprised if something surfaces from his days as a Florida congressman...hell even Trump hinted at it.
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Trump tried to imply he was involved in the death of a staffer who suffered from a heart issue when he wasn't even in the state. Don't give him any credibility for that.
 
MomentsofSanity said:
Trump tried to imply he was involved in the death of a staffer who suffered from a heart issue when he wasn't even in the state. Don't give him any credibility for that.
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Wow, ok, clearly I had no idea what he was hinting at. Bonkers, but I guess that's par for the course with POTUS. FORE!!!
 
UNCjigga said:
Anyone notice how Joe Scarborough has been pretty quiet about all these allegations coming out against media personalities? I wonder how much heat he would be in if Mika didn't accept his advances. I still wouldn't be surprised if something surfaces from his days as a Florida congressman...hell even Trump hinted at it.
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I've been wondering about him too.

Back in the 90s, he hit on my wife's bf when he was still married to Melanie Hinton. Months after that, the 3 of us are walking into the Steak and Shake next to Cordova Mall in Pensacola, and he was exiting with his daughter in tow. The look of recognition on his face and his behavior in avoiding eye contact while speeding up his departure made me think what I heard was legit.

I've never understood what people see in the guy, regardless of his personal conduct. He is right about Dump having dementia though.
 
kage69 said:
I've been wondering about him too.

Back in the 90s, he hit on my wife's bf when he was still married to Melanie Hinton. Months after that, the 3 of us are walking into the Steak and Shake next to Cordova Mall in Pensacola, and he was exiting with his daughter in tow. The look of recognition on his face and his behavior in avoiding eye contact while speeding up his departure made me think what I heard was legit.

I've never understood what people see in the guy, regardless of his personal conduct. He is right about Dump having dementia though.
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If he's gay or bi, it wouldn't be much of a scandal. If he's a harrasser/abuser/molester, then I suspect we'll hear about it soon enough. These people are dropping like flies.
 
SlowSpyder said:
Heard on the radio today that this guy had a secret button that locked the door to his office, he could use it to keep people in his office once they entered. Sounds like this guy was a real creep. They also played a clip of him interviewing and giving Bill O'Reilly a hard time about his accusations from just a month ago or so. Irony.
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UNCjigga said:
Anyone notice how Joe Scarborough has been pretty quiet about all these allegations coming out against media personalities? I wonder how much heat he would be in if Mika didn't accept his advances. I still wouldn't be surprised if something surfaces from his days as a Florida congressman...hell even Trump hinted at it.
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And what pray tell does Trump hinting about something have any connection with reality.
 
it seems like current epidemic of #SexHarassmentAllegations may be criminalizing courtship & conflating it w predation.
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I believe Geraldo isn't wrong with this sentiment, in a general sense, but so much of this shit coming out is so grossly over the line into assault that he shouldn't have wasted this assessment on a creeper like Lauer. Awaiting Geraldo harassment scandal.
 
GoodRevrnd said:
I believe Geraldo isn't wrong with this sentiment, in a general sense, but so much of this shit coming out is so grossly over the line into assault that he shouldn't have wasted this assessment on a creeper like Lauer. Awaiting Geraldo harassment scandal.
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Geraldo wholly and unequivocally denies any and all allegations made by the corpse of Al Capone.
 
Kathie Lee Gifford's comment on Lauer has drawn a lot of ire:

I’m grappling with, should I even share something? But I guess I really should. I don’t feel that Matt has betrayed us in any way atall but when I found out that my husband had betrayed me, you question your own judgment. You say, ‘Was everything a lie?’ And I think we have to very much fight against that, that the man we know and adored was the man we loved and adored and continue to. I texted him this morning and said ‘I adore you and no person is perfect in this world.' Nobody is. We've all sinned and fallen short of the glory of God, is what scripture says. And what we need now is forgiveness and mercy for one another. And we don't need taunts and we don't need ugliness. We have enough of that in the world.
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