Mark Halperin Suspended From MSNBC Over Sexual Harassment Allegations
Source: Mediate
by Aidan McLaughlin | 7:35 am, October 26th, 2017
Mark Halperin is parting ways with NBC News, where he has been a political analyst for years, after the publication of a CNN report in which five women accused the Game Change author of sexual harassment. Halperin has since 2010 been an analyst at NBC News and frequently appears on MSNBC’s Morning Joe.
In a statement provided to Mediaite, MSNBC called the CNN story and allegations “very troubling,” adding that “Mark Halperin is leaving his role as a contributor until the questions around his past conduct are fully understood.”
The harassment reportedly took place when Halperin was the political director at ABC News in the mid-late ’90s. His behavior ranged from “propositioning employees for sex” to “kissing and grabbing one’s breasts against her will.” Three of the women accused him of “pressing an erection against their bodies while he was clothed.”
Halperin said in a statement to CNN that he now understands his “behavior was inappropriate and caused others pain,” and apologized, though he denied the allegations involving grabbing women’s breasts and rubbing his genitalia against them.
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Read more: https://www.mediaite.com/tv/mark-halperin-suspended-from-msnbc-over-sexual-harassment-allegations/
Morning Joe Addresses Mark Halperin’s Sexual Harassment Allegations
by Colby Hall | 6:39 am, October 26th, 2017
Last night CNN reported that Morning Joe contributor and best-selling author Mark Halperin has been accused of sexual harassment by five women.
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This news was addressed by host Mika Brzezinski this morning as Halperin was noticeably absent from the set of Morning Joe today. In a rather solemn turn, Brzezinski adresssed the camera and said:
Now to a story that broke overnight involving someone you see around this table every day. CNN is reporting allegations regarding our friend Mark Halperin during his time at ABC News over a decade ago, unnamed sources detailing unwanted advances and inappropriate behavior. Halperin apologized for the pain his actions caused and said “I will take a step pack from my day-to-day work while I properly address the situation.” We are going to be following this story as it develops I’m sure we are going to be talking about it again when we know more about it.”
Since we now find ourselves in an era where there are increased amounts disinfecting sunlight revealing past (alleged) behavior, more and more media outlets and television programs are being ensnared by contributors’ past. Kudos to Morning Joe for demonstrating exactly how to such a potentially awkward news story with both honesty and grace.
https://www.mediaite.com/tv/morning-joe-addresses-mark-halperins-sexual-harassment-allegations/
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...good use of the work "decade" - could "ancient history" be in the next statement?
..."decade" makes an event sound older than the specific year/s. To be fair, Mika was probably reading whatever NBC writers had on the scroll.
at Salon. My reaction to his departure is "PRAISE JESUS," and I'm an agnostic! 
...."he now understands his “behavior was inappropriate and caused others pain,” and apologized, though he denied the allegations involving grabbing women’s breasts and rubbing his genitalia against them. "
It took him to his fifties to figure out this was wrong?
Shocked, I'm shocked
