Here's everything wrong with Tom Brokaw's awful letter responding to sexual harassment allegations

[oberliner]

From victim-blaming to career shaming.

Late Thursday night, the Washington Post published a story shedding new light on sexual harassment at NBC News.

The report offered more insight into the firing of Matt Lauer, who was let go from the network last November after he was accused multiple times of inappropriate sexual behavior towards female staff.

Lauer, however, may not be the only household name accused of this behavior. According to both the Post and Variety, Tom Brokaw, a special correspondent for NBC News and the retired anchor of NBC Nightly News, has been accused of sexual predation by a former NBC correspondent named Linda Vester.

Vester told Variety that in the 1990s, Brokaw tried to force her into kissing him on more than one occasion and groped her in a company conference room.

https://thinkprogress.org/everything-wrong-with-tom-brokaw-letter-422652e0fcb0/

Source: Think Progress
Author: Rebekah Entralgo

[MaryMagdaline]

1. Yea, it was nasty, petulant and arrogant

He should have said, "Don't you know who I am?"
Get some sleep before you write stuff.

[oberliner]

2. I hope that there are some conclusive findings here

One way or the other. I know that's not always possible.

[Demsrule86]

3. The woman who made the claim came from Fox...thus I don't really put much emphasis

in her story. She worked at Fox with -given the payouts - has one of the worst sexual harrassment problem ever and not one word. I also believe this is an effort to bring down MSNBC ratings Also, I really don't care about this...I doubt we will ever know the truth. Again this sort of thing plays into the hands of Republicans and Trump. I find this sort of thing muddies the water for people who are true victims of sexual assault or even sexaul harassments.

[oberliner]

4. There have been two different women

The other woman has chosen to remain anonymous.

[Demsrule86]

5. I don't trust this anymore than I did Franken...and I don't care...just a way to bring down MSNBC

ratings...and who know who they will go after next.