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wcmagumba

(2,886 posts)
Tue Nov 30, 2021, 09:55 PM Nov 2021

Does it bother anyone else that Jeffrey Toobin is back on CNN?

I used to really like the guy's analysis but I can't stand to look at him (so I don't)...I find it weird that all is forgiven after the incident involving himself in an online meeting...

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Does it bother anyone else that Jeffrey Toobin is back on CNN? (Original Post) wcmagumba Nov 2021 OP
As long as he doesn't do the same thing on the air... I don't like him much, though, anyhow. Ocelot II Nov 2021 #1
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Nov 2021 #2
Eeks! Generic Brad Nov 2021 #3
wasted opportunity to bring some diversity to their broadcast cadoman Nov 2021 #4
And with that, what's gonna happen with Mr. Cuomo.....I think he's done at CNN. a kennedy Nov 2021 #6
I liked him as well, now not gonna watch.....well not watching ANY DAYTIME POLITICAL TALK SHOWS a kennedy Nov 2021 #5
Was he on this evening? I didn't see him. gldstwmn Nov 2021 #7
He was on just before 8:00 CST...nt wcmagumba Nov 2021 #8
I think he was working for something else when it happened JI7 Nov 2021 #9
He made a mistake Casady1 Nov 2021 #10
Not this old lady.. unfortunate but not earth shattering Joinfortmill Nov 2021 #11
Ugh, gag 🤢🤮!!! nt Raine Nov 2021 #12
yes. i doubt too many of us would survive masterbating in front of our coworkers on the clock Takket Nov 2021 #13
Surprised they let him back PlanetBev Nov 2021 #14
no Skittles Nov 2021 #15
Not at all Sucha NastyWoman Nov 2021 #16
I know I accidentally masturbate all the time MichMan Nov 2021 #19
I actually don't, either obamanut2012 Dec 2021 #33
No, because we've all promised tavernier Nov 2021 #17
It was supposed to have been accidental. PTWB Nov 2021 #18
What a jerkoff. PCIntern Nov 2021 #20
Meh... 🤷‍♀️ dixiechiken1 Nov 2021 #21
No it doesn't bother me. I have masturbated before. Have you? Jacson6 Nov 2021 #22
Not in a work meeting MichMan Dec 2021 #24
In front of people? Mary in S. Carolina Dec 2021 #27
The video was accidently broadcast. Jacson6 Dec 2021 #31
No. Polly Hennessey Dec 2021 #23
Give the guy a break already. nt oasis Dec 2021 #25
Yes Mary in S. Carolina Dec 2021 #26
No. obnoxiousdrunk Dec 2021 #28
no Shellback Squid Dec 2021 #29
Definitely Catherine Vincent Dec 2021 #30
It would probably bother me more DFW Dec 2021 #32
I rarely watch CNN LetMyPeopleVote Dec 2021 #34
Not unless Tucker Carlson is without a job. (nt) Paladin Dec 2021 #35
As long as he keeps his hands where we can see them HAB911 Dec 2021 #36
No, why would it? Goodheart Dec 2021 #37

Response to wcmagumba (Original post)

Generic Brad

(14,275 posts)
3. Eeks!
Tue Nov 30, 2021, 10:00 PM
Nov 2021

That's my word of the day (it accidentally slipped out when I was playing ping pong with my wife and she is not letting me live it down). But it applies to the sight of Toobin perfectly.

Eeks!

cadoman

(792 posts)
4. wasted opportunity to bring some diversity to their broadcast
Tue Nov 30, 2021, 10:03 PM
Nov 2021

Toobin doesn't need to be there, doesn't do anything special, and deserved to be booted.

How about some new faces and perspectives instead of using network resources to rehabilitate rich white men?

a kennedy

(29,669 posts)
5. I liked him as well, now not gonna watch.....well not watching ANY DAYTIME POLITICAL TALK SHOWS
Tue Nov 30, 2021, 10:03 PM
Nov 2021

NOW ANYWAY, SO, I won’t be seeing him anymore.

gldstwmn

(4,575 posts)
7. Was he on this evening? I didn't see him.
Tue Nov 30, 2021, 10:12 PM
Nov 2021

Or are we just hating on CNN today because of the Cuomo thing?
Toobin creeps me out now when I see him on my tv.

JI7

(89,250 posts)
9. I think he was working for something else when it happened
Tue Nov 30, 2021, 10:17 PM
Nov 2021

I'm guessing that employer did not take him back.

It's probably easier for CNN to bring him back if he wasn't working for them when it happened.

I haven't watched him since he came back .

Joinfortmill

(14,427 posts)
11. Not this old lady.. unfortunate but not earth shattering
Tue Nov 30, 2021, 10:32 PM
Nov 2021

His analysis is great. One of the few I like on CNN.

Takket

(21,573 posts)
13. yes. i doubt too many of us would survive masterbating in front of our coworkers on the clock
Tue Nov 30, 2021, 10:35 PM
Nov 2021

whether it was intentional to be seen or not. honestly they can't find someone else to be a talking head? There are only a bazillion of them.

PlanetBev

(4,104 posts)
14. Surprised they let him back
Tue Nov 30, 2021, 10:36 PM
Nov 2021

I guess he promised to refrain from any more attempts at choking the 🐓 on national TV.

obamanut2012

(26,079 posts)
33. I actually don't, either
Wed Dec 1, 2021, 06:14 AM
Dec 2021

He deserved to be punished, and he was.

I watched a colleague pick their nose for five minutes during a Zoom meeting, because they thought their video was muted. People are just gross when they think no one is looking.

tavernier

(12,389 posts)
17. No, because we've all promised
Tue Nov 30, 2021, 10:55 PM
Nov 2021

not to instantly have a visual in our minds when he appears on the screen.

 

PTWB

(4,131 posts)
18. It was supposed to have been accidental.
Tue Nov 30, 2021, 10:58 PM
Nov 2021

He should never have been punished in the first place. The embarrassment alone would have been more than enough punishment.

PCIntern

(25,552 posts)
20. What a jerkoff.
Tue Nov 30, 2021, 11:26 PM
Nov 2021

No. He really is. He’s gone over to the dark side a sufficient number of times that I’ve grown tired of him.

dixiechiken1

(2,113 posts)
21. Meh... 🤷‍♀️
Tue Nov 30, 2021, 11:36 PM
Nov 2021

I always liked him. We're seeing way, way, WAAAYYYY more heinous shit every damn day. What he did wasn't good but it's not the end of the world.

 

Mary in S. Carolina

(1,364 posts)
26. Yes
Wed Dec 1, 2021, 12:37 AM
Dec 2021

I have no respect for CNN, jacking off during a Zoom call is not a mistake - it was intentional....he just got caught. Very creepy.

Goodheart

(5,325 posts)
37. No, why would it?
Wed Dec 1, 2021, 10:24 AM
Dec 2021

Who here hasn't masturbated? Who here hasn't seen a body part? Who here hasn't made a mistake?

It's a dick. It's not like it's going to kill anybody. Get over it.

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