It’s like the letter all those people signed for Roman Polanski. He still raped a child, and there are many still getting blowback for lending their support to that creep. It does nothing to ameliorate anything.

Well if Maria Shriver signed it he must be innocent of harassment.

So, with the conviction of Bill Cosby, it looks like the MeToo movement has come to a conclusion. Because that’s what all these signatures are telling me. They don’t anticipate any real backlash to throwing their support behind Brokaw.

I really don’t understand why anyone would sign onto one of these letters.

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Well, that’s disappointing as hell.

Seriously, Maria Shriver? You had no idea your husband had a son with your housekeeper even though he looks more like Arnie than your own kids but you’re sure a guy you only know from work never made a pass at anyone? Lol,okay.

I get that news media is a very difficult field for women and was more so even a decade ago never mind farther back than that when many of these women were coming up. And I do get the urge to stick by one of the few established men who treated you, as a woman, with respect and even offered guidance. I don’t doubt it’s…

Right? Like, how many times do you hear about people who knew fucking MURDERERS saying “He seemed like such a nice guy, I never saw this coming”?

Brokaw’s denial was pretty gross. No one perp-walked you, dude. Making the news isn’t what that means.

It’s gross, isn’t it? Like only workplace harassers are clearly labeled with a sign around their necks and wear nothing but trenchcoats? Oh he’s a well-liked nice guy? Okay then he could never be a jerk.

“He never harassed me” is not the same as “he’s never harassed anybody”.

No respectability politics at play here, no sir.

I can’t even with this bullshit.

So this letter is saying that the women signing didn’t push his buttons the way his victims did? Good for them. $5 says the two who came out weren’t the only ones.

Ugh, the ‘ole “he was always nice to me” chestnut.

Fuck man. What is the fucking point of these letters and statements? Do these people not understand that people are complex and present themselves differently to different people. Do they really find it wholly inconceivable that Tom Brokaw could have been great and wonderful to them and STILL have been a boorish…

I’m surprised they would do this knowing the backlash and outrage that would come with this. They know it’s coming, then they give an apology weather they mean it or not and people will move on. We’ve seen this play out. They all know the drill.

So she did the interview.

Dear Mr Farrow,