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Lucylastic -> RE: NBC Fires Lauer (11/29/2017 7:30:40 AM)
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https://www.mediaite.com/tv/megyn-kelly-addresses-matt-lauer-i-have-been-at-another-news-channel-where-this-happened/
As the media world continues to reel from NBC’s firing of TODAY host Matt Lauer, his colleagues have begun remarking on the scandal, with co-hosts Savanah Guthrie and Hoda Kotb calling the news “heartbreaking.”
A recent addition to the TODAY roster, Megyn Kelly, also took some time out to address Lauer’s termination, which was allegedly due to “inappropriate sexual activity” on the part of the host.
“This one does hit close to home,” she said. “I too have known Matt for a long time, and he has been a friend and kind and supportive to me in my transition to NBC News and I see the anguish on my colleague’s faces.”
Kelly delivered her remarks with gravitas, reminding viewers that this moment isn’t exactly about Lauer, but rather his victim or victims.
“When this happens what we don’t see is the pain on the faces of those who found the courage to come forward,” she said. “We don’t see the career opportunities women lose because of sexual harassment or the intense stress it causes a woman dealing with it.”
“I am thinking of those women this morning and hoping they are okay. The days to come will not be easy.”
Of course, Kelly left Fox News amid sexual harassment scandals involving the deceased Roger Ailes and disgraced anchor Bill O’Reilly. She has gone on the record saying that Ailes made unwanted sexual advances toward her early in her and that she complained of O’Reilly’s predatory actions to top brass, with her complaints falling on deaf ears.
So, did she mention her time at the conservative news network while discussing Lauer?
Yeah, she sure did. Fox News first came up as Kelly gave a brief overview of the many sexual harassment scandals that have been popping up in recent months.
“As painful as this moment is for so many here at NBC today, at CBS earlier this month, at Fox News over the last year,” she said. “It is a sign of progress, of women finding their voices, their courage and the erosion of a shameful power imbalance that has been in place for far too long.”
Her time at the network came up again toward the end of her remarks, in which she seemed to address Fox News directly.
“A final note, I have been at another news channel where this happened, as you know” she said. “My experience is a news organization is bigger than any one person. They all face challenges. They all stumble, but the good ones stay standing and forge forward fulfilling their core mission, journalism.”
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