Matt Lauer (Today host) fired by NBC

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Matt Lauer has been terminated for "inappropriate workplace behavior," NBC News president Andrew Lack wrote in a memo to staff that was read at the top of the Today show Wednesday.Lauer has served as co-anchor of NBC's morning news program since 1997. He joined Today in 1994.Joined by Hoda Kotb, Savannah Guthrie announced that her former co-anchor had been terminated, reading a memo sent to NBC staff Tuesday, which USA TODAY also obtained.

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https://www.usatoday.com/story/life...c-inappropriate-workplace-behavior/904340001/
 

Food for thought on this subject.

BTW, who is the dude in the black cap?

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There must be a lot of men out there shakin' in their boots right now asking "Am I next?" When will the egocentric and the outright unfaithful realize that most everyone gets caught eventually. People know and eventually the loved ones know. They lose their careers, their loved ones, their friends, their dignity, their legacy is tarnished. That's a big price to pay.

But on the flip side. Some women knowingly and inappropriately flirt with married men and thus provoke and break up families even. Shouldn't there be a penalty for that?
 
Matt Lauer was another over-paid commentator, I guess you could call him. Not a newsman, or a journalist, but I would agree with the word "anchor." People like him are one of the reasons why those of us still using cable have such high bills. Of course, my high speed internet is now costing me almost $100.00 per month.
 
All I can say is 'good riddance',I never liked him.He started at NBC in '94 by being the 'news reader',3 yrs became the co-host of Today show when Bryant Gumbel left. He was obscenely over paid at $25 mil/yr .I hope his wife has the smarts to leave him,feel sorry for their kids. Sue
 
It's now being reported by HuffPost on Twitter that some top execs at NBC were aware of Matt's sexual misconduct and supposedly it doesn't stop with just one woman. Like what has become normal, when one person steps forward, others follow. We will have to see where this goes, but it sounds like Matt could be losing some of those millions that he has made over the years.
 
moviequeen1 said:
All I can say is 'good riddance',I never liked him.He started at NBC in '94 by being the 'news reader',3 yrs became the co-host of Today show when Bryant Gumbel left. He was obscenely over paid at $25 mil/yr .I hope his wife has the smarts to leave him,feel sorry for their kids. Sue
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Sources I saw today show $28M/yr. That's $538,461/week.
 
I am wondering, and maybe wrong, but isn't much of that money for his show. He pays money for specialist he hires for his show, he pays money for props. He keeps all that is left over for himself. His job is to provided a place for advertisers to want to place adds. And those adds are what provides income for NBC.
 
Sunny said:
And now... Garrison Keillor also???!
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I did not know who Garrison Keillor was so looked him up. It seems that for some reason these sex problems seem to be exaggerated a bit/lot. So know I do know who he is. Was a hand on the bare back a sexual act? Or did he also have some words he said. At his age sex is but a memory for many, if not most, men.
 
Warrigal said:
Garrison Keillor? Nooooo!

He came across as such a gently witty man but we are quickly learning that public persona is not necessarily an indication of character.
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Like many of the others, women have complained about Garrison Keillor for years. It got them nowhere until now. Same with Jeremy Pivens. These guys' employers knew all along, but chose to turn a blind eye.
 
Geoffrey Rush has always creeped me out so badly I never go to movies he's in; that wouldn't be a surprise about him.

So far, the only one who has surprised me is Al Franken.
 

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