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Tom Brokaw

Sweet_Serenity — Fri, 27 Apr 2018 09:41:56 GMT

Washington Post- Women feared reprisals reporting allegations against...

Matt Lauer and Tom Brokaw. NBC faces skepticism in remedying harassment.

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cherry — Fri, 27 Apr 2018 10:02:55 GMT

I honestly don't know what to even think any longer ..Were the women afraid they wouldn't be believed ,and so they didn't report this at the time?

My young daughter was harrassed, and she went to an attorney decades ago, and won her case..

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cherry — Fri, 27 Apr 2018 10:14:05 GMT

My daughter was 19 at the time. She had never been subjected to this type of behavior before

She wasn't anyone that was influential at all. She told the truth, and the plant folded because of this. There was a lot of things they did, that were unethical ,to many people

She had our backing, and lived at home, so she knew she was safe. She had to change jobs because of it.

Re: Tom Brokaw

Marcail0825 — Fri, 27 Apr 2018 10:41:48 GMT

@Sweet_Serenity wrote:
Washington Post- Women feared reprisals reporting allegations against...
Matt Lauer and Tom Brokaw. NBC faces skepticism in remedying harassment.

Also:

4/26/18

Decrying 'Culture of Sexual Harassment at Fox News,' Judge Allows Case to Proceed

"A federal judge in New York City issued a decision on April 24 allowing a discrimination and retaliation lawsuit to go forward on behalf of a former guest commentator against Fox News"

law.com/thelegalintelligencer/2018/04/26/decrying-culture-of-sexual-harassment-at-fox-judge-allows-case-to-proceed/?slreturn=20180327060417

It's pervasive and disgusting.

Re: Tom Brokaw

shopperqvc — Fri, 27 Apr 2018 10:23:41 GMT

I've heard of "casting couches" for years. If a young, pretty actress wanted a part in a movie, she was expected to "pay" for the privilege. I've also heard of the idea that a woman had to "sleep" her way up the ladder of success. It's nothing new. What is new is that women are fighting back. It's long overdue. If you told someone, you were out of that job, and you were "blacklisted" from getting another one. Now, so many are speaking up, they can't block everyone from working.

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AuntG — Fri, 27 Apr 2018 11:55:11 GMT

Speak up when it happens. To join the bandwagon twenty years later doesn't seem all that courageous to me. Be a hero and protect others from the damage right away.

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Sylanne — Fri, 27 Apr 2018 11:58:47 GMT

I take w/a grain of salt accusing people of something that happened many, many years ago.

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Sweet_Serenity — Fri, 27 Apr 2018 12:14:31 GMT

@AuntG

Strength in numbers..correct speak up.. "metoo" movement opened the way for bringing attention to closet secret. Times are changing. This is hopeful.

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QVCkitty1 — Fri, 27 Apr 2018 12:55:58 GMT

No matter what the " rules " are if you see offenders getting away with bad behavior, why would you think anyone would believe you ? I worked in a hospital and doctors always got the benefit of the doubt. Often women who complained, would lose their jobs. I think it is different now, at least I hope so.

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SharkE — Fri, 27 Apr 2018 12:56:36 GMT

Sure hope little George Stepanopulus hasn't reason to worry

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MorningLover — Fri, 27 Apr 2018 12:57:05 GMT

NEXT !

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ValuSkr — Fri, 27 Apr 2018 13:16:52 GMT

What did Tom Brokaw do? Or is alleged to have done?

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dex — Fri, 27 Apr 2018 13:23:18 GMT

It seems that a lot of high profile men have something to worry about.

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MorningLover — Fri, 27 Apr 2018 13:34:00 GMT

@ValuSkr

Linda Vester, who had reported from the Middle East and covered the Gulf War for NBC, was 28 when she was in Colorado in 1993 with Brokaw to cover Pope John Paul II's visit to the U.S.

"We were in the Denver bureau, and there was a conference room. I'm standing there, and Tom Brokaw enters through the door and grabs me from behind and proceeds to tickle me up and down my waist."

Vester said others were in the room, but no one "acted like anything wrong was happening.

Vester said the following year in New York, Brokaw sent her suggestive computer messages in the office before later announcing on the phone that he was coming to her hotel room.

Vester said she felt powerless to tell him not to come.

"He grabbed me behind my neck and tried to force me to kiss him. I was shocked to feel the amount of force and his full strength on me."

She said Brokaw left when she broke away and made it clear she did not want any more.

Vester left NBC in 1999 .......

Re: Tom Brokaw

MorningLover — Fri, 27 Apr 2018 13:35:41 GMT

Brokaw, who is 78 and has been married since 1962, denied doing anything inappropriate.

"I met with Linda Vester on two occasions, both at her request, 23 years ago because she wanted advice with respect to her career at NBC... "The meetings were brief, cordial and appropriate, and despite Linda's allegations, I made no romantic overtures towards her at that time or any other."

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YorkieonmyPillow — Fri, 27 Apr 2018 14:23:12 GMT

@MorningLover wrote:
@ValuSkr

Linda Vester, who had reported from the Middle East and covered the Gulf War for NBC, was 28 when she was in Colorado in 1993 with Brokaw to cover Pope John Paul II's visit to the U.S.

"We were in the Denver bureau, and there was a conference room. I'm standing there, and Tom Brokaw enters through the door and grabs me from behind and proceeds to tickle me up and down my waist."

Vester said others were in the room, but no one "acted like anything wrong was happening.

Vester said the following year in New York, Brokaw sent her suggestive computer messages in the office before later announcing on the phone that he was coming to her hotel room.
Vester said she felt powerless to tell him not to come.

"He grabbed me behind my neck and tried to force me to kiss him. I was shocked to feel the amount of force and his full strength on me."

She said Brokaw left when she broke away and made it clear she did not want any more.

Vester left NBC in 1999 .......

If she didn't have the integrity and/or backbone to tell him not to come, it's on her IMHO.

Re: Tom Brokaw

cherry — Fri, 27 Apr 2018 14:29:06 GMT

They both have good credentials, and no history of scandalous behavior, as far I as I can tell. It seems like it is a he said, she said, ,so far

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Kachina624 — Fri, 27 Apr 2018 18:24:52 GMT

I find an accusation against Tom Brokow very hard to believe.

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LilacTree — Fri, 27 Apr 2018 18:33:27 GMT

@cherry wrote:
My daughter was 19 at the time. She had never been subjected to this type of behavior before

She wasn't anyone that was influential at all. She told the truth, and the plant folded because of this. There was a lot of things they did, that were unethical ,to many people

She had our backing, and lived at home, so she knew she was safe. She had to change jobs because of it.

@cherry

So many things happened to me during my working years right into to my fifties, and I just told off whoever it was! I knew I would get nowhere reporting it. I could have "owned" several firms if things were then as they are now.

However, those who tried it never tried it again after my tongue lashing. I was never afraid of any of them! You really had to be your own advocate back in those days.

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TexasMom1 — Fri, 27 Apr 2018 18:43:03 GMT

I am going to have to say I find this very hard to believe about Tom Brokaw. I am very disappointed if it turns out to be true, but there is no way to determine this. I have always had utmost respect for Tom Brokaw and his work (along with Chet Huntley and David Brinkley), and I am willing to give him the benefit of the doubt.