Toobin...
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wrote on 12 Nov 2020, 03:06 last edited by
I think we’ve beaten this story to death.
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wrote on 12 Nov 2020, 13:05 last edited by
Yes, at this point it's rather limp...
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wrote on 11 Jun 2021, 18:48 last edited by
CNN's chief legal analyst returned to national television on Thursday, eight months after masturbating on a New Yorker Zoom conference call that included several female colleagues who had to witness it.
Unlike the New Yorker, which promptly fired Jeffrey Toobin after the incident, CNN curiously held out in doing the same. And for about the past 250 days, the network continued to pay Toobin his lucrative salary before putting him back on air. Suspension without pay would be one thing, but CNN’s brass made sure they had Toobin's back. For his part, Toobin called the New Yorker firing "excessive." Talk about hubris.
"Many of us have really missed having your legal analysis to guide us on our programs, so let me be the first to welcome you back," CNN anchor Alisyn Camerota – who was tasked with conducting this cringeworthy interview – told Toobin during his first return to the air.
"I hope to be a better person off-camera as well as on-camera," Toobin replied.
Earlier in the interview, Toobin played the victim, insisting he didn't know other people could see him on the infamous Zoom call. "I wouldn’t exactly say 'in my defense,' because nothing is really in my defense, I didn’t think I was on the call. I didn’t think other people could see me,” he said.
“You thought that you had turned off your camera?” Camerota asked.
“Correct," Toobin responded. "I thought that I had turned off the Zoom call. Now that is not a defense. This was deeply moronic and indefensible. But that is part of the story.”
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wrote on 11 Jun 2021, 20:12 last edited by
Well, it's not like anybody is watching...
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wrote on 11 Jun 2021, 20:36 last edited by
I’m assuming it was truly accidental with Toobin. The punishment is the embarrassment itself.
I don’t think the New Yorker should have fired him. It’s kinda like walking out of the washroom with your fly open and your junk flops out.
Also - isn’t the New Yorker supposed to be super sex positive?
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wrote on 11 Jun 2021, 20:39 last edited by
If you want your job back apologize and hope for the best.
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wrote on 12 Jun 2021, 01:59 last edited by
I don’t care a whit for the truth. The story is just too good.
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wrote on 12 Jun 2021, 12:09 last edited by
He represents the best of cnn, they can’t just let him go
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wrote on 12 Jun 2021, 12:40 last edited by
Well, most CNN panels and segments are giant circle jerks anyway…
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wrote on 12 Jun 2021, 13:59 last edited by
Its just too good. Even his name is ridiculous.
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