Everything you just wrote is spot on.

As I recall, the main reason she was on the show is because of Lauer. He wanted Ann Curry gone for whatever reason (draw your own conclusions, my guess is she had a remote door lock jamming device or never went into his office alone) and had Guthrie brought in. I’m not saying Guthrie didn’t deserve the spot or…

Did your company have a “one-bite clause”? I heard about them during the Don Imus scandal (it’s basically like a two-strikes-and-you’re-out deal). Doesn’t make the creepiness you describe any more okay.

Oh, that sounded like so much bullshit to me. Her shirt was “open” in the back? What does that even mean? And when he realized it was open, he didn’t immediately stop and apologize, he rubbed his hand around a bit first? Um, right.

This is frustrating, too. Because I truly do believe there are talented and decent men out there in journalism, and entertainment, and academics, etc., that don’t get ahead because they aren’t a part of this “old boys’ club” and they don’t buy into toxic masculinity.

Yeah her whole thing about being “heartbroken” for her “close friend” was disgusting. Then again, wasn’t it Matt Lauer who got Ann Curry fired so he could bring on Savannah Guthrie?

They get all testerical and then there’s just no dealing with them.

I said in the other thread, Guthrie is incredibly smart. She was a damn good political reporter before joining the today show. I seriously doubt she did not know.

I have no doubt that he pinched her constantly, and she kept laughing it off because that’s what you’re “supposed” to do when you’re sexually harassed. Oh ha ha, how cute, boys will be boys! etc etc barf barf.

I think their hormones are just too strong to allow them to be capable of rational thought, self control, and logic. They’re simply too irrational to be allowed to vote, own property, or hold public office.

man how many Barack Obamas do you think we get for every Matt Lauer/Harvey Weinstein/Bill O’Reilly/whichever-the-fuck-troglodytic-troll-is-next? I’d bet like 1:100, at least. THE MATH JUST DOESN’T WORK OUT.

The producers sand bagged that women. They tell her this minutes before going on air, a good chance she was one of his victims, and then expect the show to just go on. Its unbelievable.

It’s their hormones. You can always tell when it’s their every time of the month.

And not even for pretending on the news.

Kinda makes you sigh wistfully for the good ol’ days, when Brian Williams got suspended from NBC for pretending that his helicopter was shot at in Iraq...

Matt fucking Lauer. This fucking dirtbag is just one more example of structural media misogyny. His treatment of women isn’t a “behind closed doors” problem that only affected the poor employees he harassed, bullied and exploited. Does anyone else remember the sexist shitshow of presidential debate that Lauer…

They needs to be a class-action lawsuit against NBC by the women who worked there during the entire time Lauer was employed. They knowingly harbored a predator, creating a hostile work environment for every woman who worked there.

All the fuckers who kept Lauer there need to get fired too.

They always fuck it up. Men are irrational and simply can’t be trusted. Remove them all from power.

How fucking gross and awful. The lesson for everyone: never give men power.