I was not impressed with Guthrie but I can't blame her for being emotional given her position and how quickly it happened - plus she's a lightweight. I do think Norah O'Donnell and Gayle King handled the Charlie Rose shocker with much more strength and conviction. (Kathie Lee chiming in to ramble about how she had equal sympathy for Lauer and the victim was worse, though)

 

 

Still reading up on @brianstelter's 2013 piece on the Today Show — and totally forgot that Jim Bell and others on staff didn't treat Ann Curry that well, either. https://t.co/FecsVurc5M pic.twitter.com/P9sjVBgp4b

— Manuel Rapada (@manuelrapada) November 29, 2017

4 minutes ago, Khan said:

Frankly, I don't think this (meaning, of course, Lauer's firing) would have happened had "Today"'s lead in the morning show race been as solid as it had been in years past.

 

I think they have their own attitudes and old boys club to blame. They passed on Farrow's expose on Weinstein, which led to all of this. Someone at NBC must have made the calculus then that it could blow up on them for Lauer, and they walked away. They also sat on Trump's Access Hollywood tape last year. I don't think this has anything to do with ratings - Lauer was in the DNA at NBC. It has to do with this moment which they failed to prepare for.

Edited November 29, 20178 yr by Vee

1 hour ago, amybrickwallace said:

 I bet she's shedding no tears right now.

 

Willie Geist was demoted from The Today Show for not being as popular/not getting the viewers as Matt. Now if you wake up early you might catch him on Sunday's Today Show.

UGGGGH, so glad I didn't hear Kathie Lee. I'm cringing right now!

1 minute ago, Khan said:

 

 

😂😂😂😂😂

An SNL sketch where the reporters report on their own sexual misconduct and firings but they don't know it until live prompter

— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) November 29, 2017

I, and other reporters , have been aware of several women who have come forward privately in the past few months ...even before Weinstein. They weren’t willing to go public though...they were terrified of Matt. https://t.co/jR3VV1AWGt

— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) November 29, 2017

You know, if I were one of the 17,000 male co-anchors on GMA, I'd be worried af right now.

31 minutes ago, Khan said:

You know, if I were one of the 17,000 male co-anchors on GMA, I'd be worried af right now.

 

Right. Buses always come in threes!

 

How is it we are seeing the same run of anchors across networks reporting this Lauer news and saying how shocked they are. Really? I heard about Lauer years ago, and the Morales stuff AND the way Ann Curry was treated confirmed what kind of dog he is.

Edited November 29, 20178 yr by Cat

Karma is all I have to say. How he treated Ann Curry all those years ago was gross, so karma!

12 minutes ago, Cat said:

How is it we are seeing the same run of anchors across networks reporting this Lauer news and saying how shocked they are.

 

I always feel like people have to feign shock in order to cover their proverbial asses.  They can't say, "Well, I knew this would happen sooner or later," because, if they do, then others will ask, "Well, if you KNEW, then why didn't you say something before now?"

Remember the week of the Boston Marathon bombing in April 2013? There was a massive explosion at a fertilizer plant in Texas a couple of days after the tragic events at the Boston Marathon. Thinking that the perpetrators wouldn't be found so quickly, Lauer thought the bigger immediate story was in Texas and flew there to cover it.

 

https://www.thedailybeast.com/photos-of-the-texas-blast

 

Meanwhile, the country at large woke up the next day to hear that the city and suburbs of Boston were basically under lockdown. Savannah Guthrie was left to cover the unfolding story for hours on end, and it is still probably the crowning moment in her journalistic career:

 

https://www.thedailybeast.com/nbc-today-show-get-boston-marathon-bombing-coverage-right

 

I remember thinking even then how chapped Lauer had to be that it was his female co-anchor who got to cover this huge event and got praise from so many. As well she should have...I still think she did a great job that day.

Why???

 

 

BREAKING: Garrison Keillor says he's been fired by Minnesota Public Radio over allegations of inappropriate behavior.

— The Associated Press (@AP) November 29, 2017

 

Garrison Keillor?  As in, "Prairie Home Companion"?  As in, Lake Wobegon and Guy Noir?  THAT Garrison Keillor?  REALLY??

Edited November 29, 20178 yr by Khan

55 minutes ago, Khan said:

 

I always feel like people have to feign shock in order to cover their proverbial asses.  They can't say, "Well, I knew this would happen sooner or later," because, if they do, then others will ask, "Well, if you KNEW, then why didn't you say something before now?"

 

I realise they are covering their asses. I just hate the fakery.  It's unfair of me to attack the hair models and news bimbos fronting the news desks. My biggest issue is with all these MALE producers and executives (at NBC, Fox, wherever) who are producing, btw, morning shows whose primary audience is largely female. They tolerated this behaviour for ages. Actually, no, scratch that. Not tolerated. Enabled. Encouraged. Probably participated in it themselves. There is no way that with all the gossip surrounding Lauer that NBC haven't been settling out-of-court for years. Meanwhile, they kept giving him salary raises of $+20bn a year! Talk about rewarding the perpetrator. Now they throw him under the bus -- and all because ratings are meh and another news source is about to scoop them. But mainly, as you say, to distract attention from the real clean-out which needs to be done -- behind the scenes and among the exec pool.

Edited November 29, 20178 yr by Cat

 

 

 

http://www.etonline.com/matt-lauers-alleged-sexual-misconduct-occurred-2014-sochi-olympics-source-says-hes-remorseful-91833?linkId=45305084