Who is Matt Lauer, the famous journalist accused of sexual harassment?
The case of the NBC presenter, an eminence, shakes the US hard. The saga of accusations of sexual harassment against important men in the United States was destined to bring down from their thrones the most powerful villains in countless industries, but now it is also unmasking once idols that millions of people never doubted. And with each trending topic, in social networks it has already gone from the one of him I always imagined it to the Oh, no, he did not.
The last to enter into that definition is Matt Lauer, the well-known television presenter who has been the face of one of the programs with better audiences of the morning in the United States since 20 years ago: The Today Show, of NBC. Because on Wednesday morning, his partner Savannah Guthrie announced the immediate termination of Lauer as a presenter of The Today Show after the accusation of a partner for sexual harassment in the workplace.
"Matt Lauer has been terminated from NBC News. On Monday night, we received a detailed complaint from a colleague about inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace by Matt Lauer. As a result, we’ve decided to terminate his employment." Twitter
My heart is broken by Matt - he is a very, very dear friend and my partner, and he has been loved by many, many people here [on NBC]," said Guthrie, visibly affected by news that she also caught. by surprise. "And it breaks my heart for the courageous companion who has come out to tell her story and for any other woman who also has her stories to tell."
Guthrie later cut short the dilemma with which many struggle these days: "How do you reconcile your love for someone with the revelation that he has behaved badly?". Because his question is one that reverberates not only in Hollywood, where such important figures as Kevin Spacey or John Lasseter have been accused of sexual harassment, but also in the world of journalism, technology or politics.
The Variety portal published a story shortly afterwards in which several women accused Lauer of improper sexual behavior, with stories about harassment in the workplace, loud conversations and indecent propositions from his position of power. One of the most commented details about the article referred to a button that Lauer had on his desk to lock the door of his office without having to get up from his chair.
CNN journalist Brian Stelter pointed out moments later that The New York Times also has an article pending publication on Lauer, confirming the revelations of the NBC executive, from which they dismissed that Lauer's case could be an isolated case. The heads of the chain deny that they were aware of other accusations against their presenter, but what they did not deny is that the previous executive did know - or even had dealt with - similar cases around Lauer.
The different news of the presenter soon headed the web pages of all the media of the United States, both in politics and in the world of entertainment. Because Lauer's is a very long race full of successes. For something, it is by far the best-paid journalist in American television, earning a whopping 25 million dollars a year. That's more than double what an individual like Anderson Cooper, the most well-known face of the CNN news network, earns annually.
The passage of Lauer on television is also full of fascinating moments, such as the give and take with Tom Cruise on Scientology and antidepressant medications in 2005. But also other more controversial, such as the different hardness he applied in his interviews to candidates to the presidency Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump last year. His name promises to continue to head the headlines of the main US media in the coming days, as well as the new question hanging over the turkey chain: who will replace him?
Fuente: Vanity Fair http://www.vanityfair.mx/vanity-news/articulos/quien-es-matt-lauer-presentador-nbc-acusado-acoso-sexual/23417 Por EMILIO DOMÉNECH