NDT should not be immune from the consequences of his actions of course, and his employers and partners have a duty to investigate these charges. I suggest waiting for the results of those investigations before putting too much weight on these reports in Patheos.
1. The claims made by the two women in the piece cited here are relatively mild; why not reference the far more serious claim, also published on Patheos, from a woman says he raped her when they were in n graduate school? This was published 3 weeks ago, and her claims have been public for several years. I suspect the reason is that her claim so far has not been supported anywhere near as well as those against the other well known men of the metoo era. NDT was on Colbert ( in a taped piece) just this week; if Colbert or CBS judged the rape allegations had any credibility it seems they would not have used him. 2. Pathos is not a news site, it is a blog of religious opinion. It has some interesting stuff, and some nonsense. Citing it as a source is a little like citing Wikipedia as a source. It may be accurate, but it easily may not. In this case blogger David Gee at Patheos seems to be making quite an effort to get mileage out of charges that have been around a long time without getting much support, even in the Red hot heat of metoo. Maybe he knows something nobody else does, but I can think of other explanations too. 3. I wonder what makes you say Colbert was “brutal” on Monves? I was critical of him for going relatively easy, and making the bare minimum comment he could. If a credible investigation ever reports a clear indication that NDT raped a woman, I think you can be pretty sure that Colbert’s comments will be at least as tough on him as he was on Monves - but that’s a low bar. On Fri, Nov 30, 2018 at 8:32 PM Steve Timko <[email protected]> wrote: > Colbert was brutal on Les Moonves. Wonder what he will say about Tyson, if > the charges are substantiated? > > Neil DeGrasse Tyson investigated by Fox, NatGeo Networks > > NEW YORK (AP) - Renowned astrophysicist Neil deGrasseTyson will be > investigated by Fox and National Geographic Networks after allegations of > sexual misconduct were leveled against him. > Patheos.com published accounts from two women who say that Tyson behaved > in a sexually inappropriate manner with them. Tyson was host of "Cosmos: > Possible Worlds" on Fox in 2014 and a new edition of the series was to air > on National Geographic next year. > In a statement the producers of "Cosmos" said: "The credo at the heart of > 'Cosmos' is to follow the evidence wherever it leads. The producers of > 'Cosmos' can do no less in this situation." > They said they will conduct a thorough investigation. Meanwhile Fox and > National Geographic say they only recently learned of the allegations and > were reviewing the allegations. > Besides numerous TV appearances, Tyson is also the director of the Hayden > Planetarium at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. > > -- > 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 [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Sent from Gmail Mobile -- 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 [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
