Our hearts break again for our colleague. In a statement to Variety through his lawyer, Lauer denied this allegation, saying that it is "categorically false, ignores the facts, and defies common sense. Lauer denied Nevils's version of events as presented in the book at the time of publication, and in his Mediaite piece accused Farrow of bias against NBC.
The piece, Lauer noted, was originally intended to publish in November , shortly after Farrow's book release, but was delayed, instead coming on the heels of a story in the New York Times which also criticized Farrow's methods. Lauer has also accused Farrow of sensationalism, misleading language, and presenting stories "in a way that would suit his activist goals, as opposed to any kind of journalistic standards. Catch and Kill was thoroughly reported and fact-checked, including with Matt Lauer himself.
In April of the disgraced anchor made a statement to the Washington Post in which he said , "I have made no public comments on the many false stories from anonymous or biased sources that have been reported about me over these past several months I remained silent in an attempt to protect my family from further embarrassment and to restore a small degree of the privacy they have lost.
But defending my family now requires me to speak up. However I want to make it perfectly clear that any allegations or reports of coercive, aggressive or abusive actions on my part, at any time, are absolutely false.
He followed that up that May in response to a report released by NBCUniversal following its internal investigation into the misconduct allegations that cost him his job. In a statement to Variety , Lauer said he was fired after "admitting to past relationships with co-workers," but expressed his disagreement with "certain aspects" of the report.
A day later I took responsibility for those relationships, apologized to the people I hurt and promised to begin the process of repairing the damage I had caused my family," Lauer said. The announcement, which came via an internal broadcast to CNN employees according to Page Six , appears to have been a direct result of Lauer making a rare public appearance at Zucker's birthday celebration.
Zucker previously served as an executive at NBC, including a stint as executive producer on the Today show while Lauer was at the helm, and the two are said to have remained friends even after parting ways professionally. NBC News said goodbye to Couric in two weeks of tributes before her final day on set. But in the spring of , Vieira took a one-year contract instead of a longer-term option. News reports at the time said she wanted to spend more time with family. Ann Curry, who had been a stellar news reporter and newsreader for Today since , took over from Vieira in One year later, NBC was getting criticized for suddenly forcing the popular journalist out.
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According to Couric, she entered the journalism industry "when there were still men who wanted to get the broads out of broadcasting" and "when 'harass' was two words instead of one.
Now, I hope these big broadcast organizations are also having a reckoning and realizing there are certain standards, certain behaviors. Couric suggested "there should be a zero tolerance policy of anyone of fraternization in a business. Matt Lauer defends himself in interview — but it's all off the record.
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