Posted on 11/30/2017 4:08:51 PM PST by Trump20162020
Matt Lauer’s abrupt firing from NBC News after accusations of inappropriate sexual behavior has left the network with a huge hole to fill. NBC made Lauer the face of morning television. He had been co-anchor of Today for 20 years and was being paid an annual salary in the $20 million range, according to The Wall Street Journal. He was fired on Wednesday after a staffer filed a complaint alleging he engaged in misconduct during NBC’s coverage of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.
NBC News Chairman Andy Lack wrote a memo to the staff, saying the allegations made by the accuser represented “a clear violation of our company’s standards,” and that even though it was the first complaint he’d hear about Lauer in two decades, the network was “presented with reason to believe this may not have been an isolated incident,” reports WSJ. Later, Variety published a piece in which multiple unidentified women accused Lauer of inappropriate sexual behavior. The New York Times and NBC News reported two additional accusations.
Today generates over $500 million a year for NBC, according to WSJ. It is still the most-watched morning program among adults 25 to 54 years old. Now, NBC has to figure out what to do with Lauer’s spot. On Wednesday, Today co-anchor Savannah Guthrie was joined by Hoda Kotb, who is an anchor on the 10 a.m. hour of the four-hour program. NBC has not disclosed any information about temporary or permanent plans to replace Lauer, but a source told WSJ that Kotb will co-host with Guthrie for the rest of the week.
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I hope so because she’ll tank it.
Need the execs who covered for Lauer to be fired.
only if she shaves her head
Please, NO! Haven’t we suffered ENOUGH?
We can only hope. It would accelerate the swirl in the toilet bowl for NBC “News.”
That would be a joke, a cruel joke. If they did, she’d be gone in a week. She is hated at MSNBC and everywhere.
Wow. Is Kelly responsible for Lauer finally being outted??
Could She? You know she wants to!6
Why??? Do you watch this stupid show?
ain’t no way. there would be full scale mutiny at 30 rock
Willie Geist was in line to succeed Lauer for several years.
Kathy Lee and co-hostess Kelly Rippa! That way my family can justify my suicide to the life insurance company.
*SNORT*
I bet she's got sex toys in her office too.
Of course not. See my Post #12. I am thoroughly enjoying the delicious Schadenfreude!
Do it. It would be the coup d’ gras for the show.
She is scary, but I can’t see her raping subordinates. Did Lauer do anything else for NBC? I’ve never seen ‘Today’ so harassing and raping is all I know Lauer did on the job.
Hari-Kari, Megyn style.
Co-Hosts: Pee Wee Herman and Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson!
Exactly. Let these 2 leftwing idiots destroy and sue themselves into poverty.
Co-Hosts: Dolly Parton and Slash!
Your turn! ;)
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