[Westside]

Savannah Guthrie made the announcement at the top of the "Today" show, where Lauer has been an anchor for two decades.

NBC News chairman Andrew Lack said in a memo to staff that it was the first complaint lodged against Lauer in his career at the network. But he said "we were also presented with reason to believe this may not have been an isolated incident."

http://money.cnn.com/2017/11/29/media/ma...d=45289813

[Westside]

inglepar. inglepar. inglepar

See you later you two timing, cheating d bag.

[pjdoug]

inglepar. inglepar. inglepar

See you later you two timing, cheating d bag.

give him the boot.

[Spud6]

And yet he has publicly critized people in interviews he’s done and yet he’s been doing the same thing. I hope they catch all these dirty people who are hiding behind fame to cover things up.

[Westside]

And yet he has publicly critized people in interviews he’s done and yet he’s been doing the same thing. I hope they catch all these dirty people who are hiding behind fame to cover things up.

It is my understanding he cheated on his wife years ago with a co worker. He also helped another former co-host get the boot from her job a few years ago.

[Spud6]

It is my understanding he cheated on his wife years ago with a co worker. He also helped another former co-host get the boot from her job a few years ago.

Dudes a creep but it’s sad that a whole heck of a lot of celebrities are doing the same thing but they got a lot of money that translates to power so they are squeaky clean.

[Granny Bear]

I have never liked him!

[RunItUpTheGut]

Another fake newser gone

[Spirit100]

Interesting how he has been pretty heavy handed against others under similar allegations. And here all along the hypocrite himself now gets to face the music.

He always did come off as a pompous arse...apparently he walks the walk as well regarding sexual harassment!

Good riddins...

[Westside]

NBC News fired “Today” co-anchor Matt Lauer for inappropriate sexual behavior hours before Variety published the results of a two-month investigation tying the morning show star to various levels of alleged sexual harassment.


Once Variety’s bombshell hit the internet, the salacious details included one detail that caught fire on social media: According to Variety, Lauer’s private office at storied 30 Rockefeller Plaza contained a secret button that could essentially turn that office into a secret sex lair.

“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. This afforded him the assurance of privacy,” Variety’s Ramin Setoodeh wrote.

An NBC insider confirmed the existence of the button to Fox News.

The NBC insider added that Lauer’s secret button wasn’t the only one at NBC’s 30 Rockefeller Plaza headquarters. A similar button exists — or at least recently existed — in the office of the “Today” show’s executive producer. The button, located under the executive producer’s desk, would cause the door to the cavernous office to swing shut and click closed. The mechanism was actually a “door opener”, a remote controlled device that would automatically open or close a door (and thereby lock if the door knob was “locked”). Such mechanisms currently retail for about $250 to $575 and the key fob or remote control retails for another $30.

This mechanism was not viewed by NBC staff as a tool for inappropriate behavior, the insider said. “It was more of a gimmick, an ego thing so the EP didn’t have to get out of his desk to close his door for a private conversation.”

For Lauer, however, his button allowed him immediate privacy. Lauer’s modest 30 Rockefeller Plaza office had no windows looking onto the inside of the building — its only windows looked outside, onto Rockefeller Plaza.

The office, minimally furnished in grey, and with black and white photos on the walls, was dominated by a long couch.

Citing “two women who were sexually harassed by Lauer,” Variety wrote that the secret button “allowed him to welcome female employees and initiate inappropriate contact while knowing nobody could walk in on him.”


The New York Times reported late Wednesday that one of the women who recently came forward with accusations against Lauer said the two had sex in his office in 2001 after Lauer “summoned her” to the office. “She told the Times 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.”


The “Today” offices have undergone renovations since 2001 and it’s unlikely the secret button was installed in Lauer’s office at that time.
NBC News did not respond to requests for comment about the alleged secret button.

Lauer’s button quickly became a hot topic on social media and people seemed both confused and shocked by the revelation. “That's super-villain-level creepy,” Free Beacon writer Stephen Gutowski tweeted, while LGBTQ rights advocate Amy Siskind wondered, “Why would NBC agree to put this button under his desk?”

http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/201...brows.html

[Motley]

Another fake newser gone

Yep, following in the footsteps of the others like Bill O' Reilley and Roger Ailes.

[RunItUpTheGut]

Yep, following in the footsteps of the others like Bill O' Reilley and Roger Ailes.

It's no wonder there are so many liberal women who are hardcore feminist. It seems every male democrats is a womanizing rapist or pedophile.
Is there any Democratic congressmen who will make it out of this?

[plantmanky]

Have to wonder if this is just karma for the media industry, for everything thats happened over the last few years.

[RunItUpTheGut]

It seems karma is to gentle a word.
I'd say we've not even scratched the surface of this disgusting behavior in Congress on both sides, albeit much worse in the party of wiener and Clinton

[Spirit100]

Being a d-bag doesn't discriminate regardless of political party. nicker: