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In memoir, Katie Couric writes of feeling betrayed by Lauer
Read full article: In memoir, Katie Couric writes of feeling betrayed by LauerKatie Couric, in a new memoir called โGoing There,โ writes of feeling betrayed by Matt Lauer following the sexual misconduct accusations that led to his firing at the โToday" show in 2017.
On TV, 9/11 was last huge story for โBig 3โ network anchors
Read full article: On TV, 9/11 was last huge story for โBig 3โ network anchorsMillions of Americans were guided through the horror of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks by one of three men on television news โ Tom Brokaw, Peter Jennings and Dan Rather.
No apology: Tavis Smiley makes comeback bid after PBS firing
Read full article: No apology: Tavis Smiley makes comeback bid after PBS firingThree years after workplace misconduct allegations cost veteran TV and radio talk-show host Tavis Smiley his job and a national forum, heโs ending his silence.
For grateful NBC, Savannah Guthrie changes the subject
Read full article: For grateful NBC, Savannah Guthrie changes the subjectModerator Savannah Guthrie speaks during an NBC News Town Hall with President Donald Trump at Perez Art Museum Miami, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020, in Miami. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)NEW YORK โ Savannah Guthrie did more than just display her journalistic chops at NBC News' town hall with President Donald Trump. As host of the โTodayโ show, Guthrie knows the importance of time and how to stop an interview subject from filibustering. โThe biggest challenge with President Trump is that itโs never a linear conversation,โ Swan said. โWhy does anyone take Savannah Guthrie seriously?โ tweeted conservative talk show host Buck Sexton.
Lauer says Ronan Farrow's work on him was shoddy and biased
Read full article: Lauer says Ronan Farrow's work on him was shoddy and biasedNEW YORK โ Matt Lauer accused author Ronan Farrow on Tuesday of shoddy and biased journalism in his book โCatch and Killโ that included what Lauer says is a false accusation that the former โTodayโ show host raped a co-worker. Lauer, similarly, said Farrow had not corroborated several specific accusations against him in the 2019 book, โCatch and Kill.โNBC fired Lauer in 2017 for an inappropriate relationship with a co-worker. In Farrow's book, that former co-worker, Brooke Nevils, said Lauer raped her in a Sochi hotel room during the 2014 Winter Olympics. Farrow tweeted a brief response to Lauer's lengthy piece: โAll I'll say on this is that Matt Lauer is just wrong. โCatch and Killโ was thoroughly reported and fact-checked, including with Matt Lauer himself.โFarrow's publisher, Little, Brown and Co., said it fully supported the author.
NBC News Digital staff announces plan to unionize
Read full article: NBC News Digital staff announces plan to unionizeOn Tuesday, NBC News laid off about a dozen staffers while sunsetting its digital video studio "NBC Left Field." The New York Times, which first reported the union plans, wrote that NBC News digital employees uncovered pay disparities between white men and women and minorities after creating an anonymous spreadsheet of salaries. The union includes about 150 editorial employees at NBCNews.com, Today.com, Stay Tuned, MSNBC.com and online streaming network NBC News Now. We welcome this dialogue from within our digital organization, and any constructive conversation aimed at building the future of NBC News Digital and ensuring that we're the best we can be. NBC News Digital unionized through the News Guild, which also represents employees at BuzzFeed News, Ziff Davis and Quartz, among other publications.
NBCUniversal says sexual harassment victims can speak out
Read full article: NBCUniversal says sexual harassment victims can speak outFormer NBC News employees who signed nondisclosure agreements can come forward with their stories of sexual harassment at the network, NBCUniversal said in a statement. The statement was first reported by MSNBC's Rachel Maddow, who read it on air. "Any former NBC News employee who believes that they cannot disclose their experience with sexual harassment as a result of a confidentiality or non-disparagement provision in their separation agreement should contact NBCUniversal and we will release them from that perceived obligation," the statement reads. Maddow read the statement before interviewing Ronan Farrow, the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who has reported on sexual misconduct in the media industry. Lauer has denied the accusations of rape, saying the sexual encounters he had were consensual.
Matt Lauer Fights Back After Being Accused of Rape: Today on Inside Edition
Read full article: Matt Lauer Fights Back After Being Accused of Rape: Today on Inside EditionMatt Lauer has been accused of rape by a former NBC News colleague. In graphic detail, Brooke Nevils recounted the alleged attack to investigative journalist Ronan Farrow. A couple says they adopted who they thought was a child but who they now claim was an adult woman. Yes, a puppy. For more Inside Edition stories tune in to today's show.
What to Know About the Woman Who's Accused Matt Lauer of Rape
Read full article: What to Know About the Woman Who's Accused Matt Lauer of RapeLauer, who was terminated by the network two years ago after Nevils complained of "inappropriate sexual behavior" on Lauer's part, hit back hard Wednesday against her new accusations of rape. We performed oral sex on each other, we had vaginal sex, and we had anal sex. But on this night, she said, Lauer pushed her onto the bed, "asking if she liked anal sex," Farrow wrote. It was nonconsensual in that I said, multiple times, that I didn't want to have anal sex," Farrow quotes her as saying. I want to say that we know it wasnt easy for our colleague Brooke to come forward then.
Former NBC staffer accuses Matt Lauer of rape in book
Read full article: Former NBC staffer accuses Matt Lauer of rape in bookNevils told Farrow that she bled for days afterward. Nevils told Farrow about a night of drinking with Lauer and others at a hotel bar. "It was nonconsensual in the sense that I was too drunk to consent," Nevils told Farrow. Nevils told Farrow that she told "like a million people" about her experiences with Lauer. In the book, Nevils' account is presented as part of a broader picture of Lauer's alleged sexual misconduct.