I'm not at all surprised with Matt Lauer. I loathed him way before this scandal broke out, he's vastly overpaid ($20-25 million/year) and unbelievably arrogant and vindictive. There were subtle signs of his sexual harassment (in the second video seen below), but include that behavior with his massive ego (especially in getting Anne Curry kicked out of the Today show), his alleged domineering and abusive behavior toward his estranged wife, and how NBC was allegedly catering to Lauer's demands and tolerating his inappropriate sexual behavior since he brought in the viewership, it was certainly going to escalate to a massive fallout.
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Originally Posted by Sumac
I am just sick of Left hypocrisy.
They fighting for something good, but some of them doing it in such way that it alienates and puzzles everyone. And despite their claims that they are "morally and intellectually" superior to the Right, they gladly use Rights rhetoric and methods when convenient, including fear-mongering, denial of reality and science, and the like.
I am liberal in many of my beliefs and hearing those people saying that they want to do something good, while at the same time acting not all that different from those who they say, they are fighting against, saddens and infuriates me.
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Pretty much this, except to add more insult to injury, (with my last post) it's not as if this behavior wasn't known or only rumored, like almost all of these allegations on this thread. These allegations have been
publicly reported, and mentioned in the mainstream media
20 years ago. With the mainstream media
now having an epiphany that Bill Clinton's behavior should now be re-examined as now suddenly an egregious, reprehensible wrong, including the beyond coincidental timing, adds another layer of distrust and disgust.
In a far worse example of the entertainment/media industry twisting the moral perspective of sexual criminal behavior, is of Roman Polanski,
when he was arrested and charged for raping a 13-year old girl in 1977, yet he has a standing ovation for a 2003 Oscar win by many A-listers: