Lauer has committed "social media suicide," the rather dark phrase used to describe deleting his accounts.
On Thu, Nov 30, 2017 at 10:32 AM, Tom Wolper <twol...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Nov 30, 2017 at 12:45 PM, PGage <pga...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Right; but that is not my point. My point is that it would be bad if we >> got to the point where people were fired as soon as an accusation was made. >> That is not what happened here, both because Lauer admitted to wrongdoing >> and because, even had he not, there was adequate persuasive evidence that >> he did. >> >> Imagine though that Lauer had completely denied the allegation, and as if >> Tuesday morning NBC had no real other evidence to go on, what ought they to >> do? I am saying they should suspend the employee and take some time to >> investigate. >> > > Lauer was under contract to NBC and the corporation would have to be > careful with how they handled the firing in order to avoid a lawsuit. One > thing about these high profile cases is that the predators have been acting > with impunity for years if not decades and word has, at least unofficially, > gotten around. Women at the workplace have warned each other not to be > alone with the predator and reporters have heard rumors but can't publish > without on-the-record confirmation. These stories aren't the result of a > one time incident or a single accusation. > > -- > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
