Katie Couric didn't know?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: Definitely knew she was having extramarital affairs. That was well known. But that is not unusual and I think no one dreamed that this non-consensual/pressuring situation was occurring.

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[Anonymous]

She knew but did not care about some woman who was below her. These people do not care about the “Littles”. They are there to be used.

[Anonymous]

Some of you really rush to judgment when in reality, you have NO idea what Katie Couric knew or did. It's disturbing and I don't believe for a second that any one of you would jeopardize your own livelihoods in a similar situation, especially if you were a single mother caring for two young daughters. It makes you seem really angry and unhinged.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It seems to me that a journalist working closely with someone for 15 years would have known something. Similar to Oprah who has assistants who are in the business of learning what is happening in Hollywood. It seems disingenuous. Does anyone think it's true? Enlighten me.

Exactly. She had even said he pinched her butt too much.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: Definitely knew she was having extramarital affairs. That was well known. But that is not unusual and I think no one dreamed that this non-consensual/pressuring situation was occurring.

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According to my sister who was a long time NBC News employee, everyone knew he was having an affair but she says it was consensual so is confused by the accusation of harassment. She also thinks he is a good guy (affair notwithstanding).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: Definitely knew she was having extramarital affairs. That was well known. But that is not unusual and I think no one dreamed that this non-consensual/pressuring situation was occurring.

+1

According to my sister who was a long time NBC News employee, everyone knew he was having an affair but she says it was consensual so is confused by the accusation of harassment. She also thinks he is a good guy (affair notwithstanding).

I think he was "easy" but not necessarily "rapey" if that makes sense.

I can see how someone, especially a very young new employee, may have felt intimidated by him, though, even if intimidation was not his intent.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: Definitely knew she was having extramarital affairs. That was well known. But that is not unusual and I think no one dreamed that this non-consensual/pressuring situation was occurring.

+1

According to my sister who was a long time NBC News employee, everyone knew he was having an affair but she says it was consensual so is confused by the accusation of harassment. She also thinks he is a good guy (affair notwithstanding).

I think this is where it gets confusing. How does your sister know it was consensual? Perhaps it started off that way. Maybe she wanted to stop and he didn't and then tried to use his status/power to get his way.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:She is a liar.

The thing is, so many women of a certain age think "well, it's her own fault" "she should have done this" "I guess she wanted it". Check the Aziz Ansari thread if you don't believe me.

Guaranteed she thought these women had brought it on themselves and now she's covering her behind because of the public outrage.

It was known she slept her way in the door out of college.

She won’t admit she knew. I mean, come on! Of course, she won’t admit she knew because it would make her look bad for never saying anything.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: Definitely knew she was having extramarital affairs. That was well known. But that is not unusual and I think no one dreamed that this non-consensual/pressuring situation was occurring.

+1

According to my sister who was a long time NBC News employee, everyone knew he was having an affair but she says it was consensual so is confused by the accusation of harassment. She also thinks he is a good guy (affair notwithstanding).

I think this is where it gets confusing. How does your sister know it was consensual? Perhaps it started off that way. Maybe she wanted to stop and he didn't and then tried to use his status/power to get his way.

What does your sister think of the button under his desk to lock women in?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Some of you really rush to judgment when in reality, you have NO idea what Katie Couric knew or did. It's disturbing and I don't believe for a second that any one of you would jeopardize your own livelihoods in a similar situation, especially if you were a single mother caring for two young daughters. It makes you seem really angry and unhinged.

The fact that you call Katie Couric, she with millions of dollars in salary, yes, even back in the day, a "single mother caring for two young daughters," who needs to worry about "jeopardizing her livelihood" - as though she is a immigrant hotel cleaning woman - makes you seem idiotic, as well as unhinged.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:She knew but did not care about some woman who was below her. These people do not care about the “Littles”. They are there to be used.

+1000

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: Definitely knew she was having extramarital affairs. That was well known. But that is not unusual and I think no one dreamed that this non-consensual/pressuring situation was occurring.

+1

According to my sister who was a long time NBC News employee, everyone knew he was having an affair but she says it was consensual so is confused by the accusation of harassment. She also thinks he is a good guy (affair notwithstanding).

I think this is where it gets confusing. How does your sister know it was consensual? Perhaps it started off that way. Maybe she wanted to stop and he didn't and then tried to use his status/power to get his way.

What does your sister think of the button under his desk to lock women in?

Not that pp but it has been established that almost all of the stars had those buttons so that they could easily control who they buzzed in w/o having to walk over to the door. Katy probably had one in her office. All of them do.

[Anonymous]

How many use the button to lock someone in?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Some of you really rush to judgment when in reality, you have NO idea what Katie Couric knew or did. It's disturbing and I don't believe for a second that any one of you would jeopardize your own livelihoods in a similar situation, especially if you were a single mother caring for two young daughters. It makes you seem really angry and unhinged.

The fact that you call Katie Couric, she with millions of dollars in salary, yes, even back in the day, a "single mother caring for two young daughters," who needs to worry about "jeopardizing her livelihood" - as though she is a immigrant hotel cleaning woman - makes you seem idiotic, as well as unhinged.

Like I said, I don't believe for one second that any of you tough-talking, judgmental people on this thread would jeopardize their own livelihoods in the same situation. And, no I'm not an idiot or unhinged. I'm tired of women judging other women for men's behavior, especially when they don't have a freaking clue what really went on. Katie Couric doesn't have to be a poor, immigrant hotel cleaning woman to want to protect what she built for herself and her daughters, even if it's millions of dollars. She was getting her own ass pinched to make that for herself and she should throw herself on a sword to make you and your judgmental ilk happy? She's not Lauer's judge and jury, and you aren't hers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How many use the button to lock someone in?

It was more to lock others out of the room vs locking someone into the room, from what I understand. In other words, I think that the people inside the room were free to open the door and leave. But if a woman screamed inside of the room, for instance, the lock on the door would have prevented anyone else from coming into the room.