Lauer you sorry ass shill

[underpants]

Endless support for the war
The embarrassing coverage of W's speech on the USS Abraham Lincoln (Ann Curry lead a USA! USA! cheer)
The Town hall with Hillary that was dominated with questions about the stupid emails

Etc.

Good riddance.

[dalton99a]

1. Lauer is an insufferable asshole and a RW propagandist

He should be in jail for this sexual assault

[PJMcK]

4. Lock him up?

Do we know any of the accusations against him yet? Your judgment and penalties seem a bit premature.

Still, NBC fired his sorry ass. His career is finished just like Charlie Rose's and Bill O'Reilly's, to name but two other miscreants.

[Scarsdale]

8. Hopefully, one more

name will be added - tRump - SOON.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

10. He reportedly sexually harassed a staffer in Sochi during the Winter Olympics in 2014.

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[Achilleaze]

2. Smirky corporate wanker, repube kissass, spreading the scuzz

[greatauntoftriplets]

3. He always seemed very much in love with himself.

[mama]

13. I had the same impression. Never could stand to watch him.

[still_one]

5. The worst thing about that interview was the sexist pig Lauer wouldn't even give Hillary a chance to

answer a question, he kept interrupting her

He is getting just what he deserves. Problem is it should have been a year ago

[wryter2000]

6. Sweet, sweet Schadenfreude n/t

n/t

[still_one]

7. yup, and the way he treated Hillary in that interview I have no pity for him

[Plucketeer]

9. All very well

but Matt, I am absolutely certain, does not have to "work" another day of his life.

[whathehell]

12. Neither do Weinstein, Bill Cosby, Charlie Rose or Bill O'Reilly..

That said, I doubt they were expecting a Forced Retirement.

[Plucketeer]

14. Agreed

All these turds will do fine if they only want to lounge around each and every day. Another facet of this currently crashing wave is to try and imagine the labor shortage at every strata of employment if all the men who've done such deeds were fired in a short period of time! Having been in the military and having spent 30-some years wearing a "Blue Collar", I've been witness to phenomenon more than I could ever hope to remember. There would be an honest labor emergency throughout all industry.

[oasis]

15. With $28,000,000 annual salary kaput, he'll be rooting for Trump's tax

bill more than ever.

[Plucketeer]

16. Prezactly!

[TheMastersNemesis]

11. I Have Always Thought He Was An Arrogant Prick.

Good riddance and short life asshole. Hope you never work again ever. Sure you have the money but it won't redeem you. I am sure there are worse stories out there.

[forthemiddle]

17. With all of these Matt Lauer threads

I get the nonstated assumption that it’s ok for us to believe his accuser (even though so far she is anonymous) because we hate Matt’s assumed political leanings.

Maybe I’m misreading this, but to me that’s BullCrap!

If it was Dan Rather, you know damn well we wouldn’t have twelve threads on how it couldn’t happen to a more deserving person.

Once again, these threads prove to me the hypocrisy of all charges.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

18. If it were Dan Rather it wouldn't be deserving.

And if Rather were accused and it was found credible enough for the Network to fire their star, I'm pretty sure people here would be perfectly ok with Rather being fired.

Disappointed but ok with it.


So what's your point?

[forthemiddle]

19. My main point is once again

The accused is someone we don’t like, so let’s pile on, but when it’s Franken, an anonymous accuser isn’t believable.
When it’s Someone we don’t like there are dozens of threads about how rotten the guy is, but when it’s Conyers you are hard pressed to find even one thread in breaking news.
I think the hypocrisy stinks, and I will call it out. I just used Rather as an example, and perhaps it was a poor one, so for that I apologize. Maybe I should have used Keith Olbermann, who many have said is miserable to work with., yet most here like.
I don’t like Matt Lauer, and I do believe the story, but I also believe the Conyers story, and even though it’s nowhere near the same plane of yuckyness, I also believe the Franken stories.

[mercuryblues]

21. to be fair

there have been threads about lauer being an asshat long before today. Just that today he was fired for being an asshat. It was not publically known that Conyers had a problem keeping his hands to himself. He resigned his committee and is not running for re-election. You are new here and the breaking news forum is for just that. No news stories after x amount of hours they have been published and NO DUPES. So yeah, you would be hard pressed to find more than 1 post about Conyers in there.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10028150843

https://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x7159011

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10028154359

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1016167041

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1017400177

[EffieBlack]

20. His employer fired one of it's biggest stars based on her word. Good reason to believe her.

There is a there there.

[mercuryblues]

22. I agree

There must be some pretty good evidence if they fired him this quickly. No sudden "vacation" while they investigate. Fired within 48 hours.

[dalton99a]

26. Sounds like NBC management - and certainly including legal staff - was compelled by the evidence

[gldstwmn]

23. NBC knows more than they are letting on.

They must feel that this is the least costly route to go. I'm intrigued about what we're going to find out about Matt Lauer in the coming days and weeks.

[gratuitous]

25. Oh yeah, it's not just an unsupported accusation

In fact, at this point, we don't know the substance of the accusation against Lauer, who made it, or anything else. What we know is that NBC fired its most prominent employee based on it. I don't think NBC management or legal team are complete dunces, and they made what they believe to be a good business decision. They get paid a lot of money to make good business decisions. For now, I'll go along with NBC's judgment.

[LanternWaste]

24. Many people see proofs in simplistic and unsupported inferences of other people's biases.

Many people see proofs in simplistic and unsupported inferences of other people's biases. You've predicated your entire sentiment on "maybe I’m misreading this..."

It's a logical fallacy to do so.

[forthemiddle]

27. I am going to retract my statement

After reading the posts, and reactions to Garrison Keller, I am admitting that I was wrong.

DU pleasantly surprised me with its reactions to the latest bombshell.