Mat Lauer Button

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Mat lauer button.

That infamous privacy button that matt lauer had under his desk was an executive perk rather than a nefarious thing used to trap women in his office katie couric told wendy. Nbc may have killed ronan farrow s exposé on harvey weinstein to protect matt lauer. Nbc didn t deny the existence of such a button just the claim the button could lock someone inside a room. 16 two weeks before he was fired.

A few things about that button on matt lauer s desk. Zach pagano ap by paul farhi. The nbc insider added that lauer s secret button wasn t the only one at nbc s 30 rockefeller plaza headquarters. Former nbc news anchor matt lauer denied that his office has a secret button that could trap unsuspecting women inside his office two years after the claim sent shock waves through the media industry.

The secret button that matt lauer allegedly used to lock his door inside nbc s rockefeller center headquarters was not a unique security feature a source at the show tells people. Matt lauer s desk had a button that locked his door. He famously orchestrated ann curry s dismissal from nbc and childishly called the plan operation bambi because getting rid of curry would be like killing bambi. Matt lauer wasn.

On wednesday mere hours after nbc announced that it had fired the today anchor. A similar button exists or at least recently existed in the office of. The anchor s door locking mechanism acts as a particularly vivid metaphor for the amount of power and protection many influential men enjoy. Matt lauer on the set of today on nov.

Rather the button allowed him to sexually harass female staffers without the fear of someone walking in on him. While not necessarily of the overtly sexual kind lauer has long been known for being a massive bully.