He is so gross.

Welp, Toobin just got yanked off the air:

https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/jeffrey-toobin-cnn-out-1235340227/amp/

Seems like a guy who might enjoy his newfound free time.

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Anonymous wrote:The incident happened at the New Yorker, not CNN.
I’m guessing that CNN was contractually obliged to keep Toobin on, or they’d have to pay him a giant severance. Nothing happened while Toobin was on the job for CNN.

False. He was working for both companies at the time. cnn merely suspended him. He was back in a few months.

My point is that CNN likely couldn’t fire him since the incident didn’t happen at CNN. There was probably a very large breakage fee, if CNN tried to end the relationship absent committing a crime or malfeasance at CNN.

If you are a media personality working for a media company there's definitely a morality clause in your contract that would allow you to be fired for something that happened outside of the workplace if it reflects poorly on the company to keep you on.

1. There is no doubt but even if he did something really bad it is a toss up if litigated
2. What he did was a mistake. If he intended to expose himself that is one thing but it was a mistake -- no crime. Really doubt they could cut him without paying him They could keep him off air but pay him.
3. He was and is popular. That will always control these decisions.

He might not litigate it-what he did is super embarrassing and would have to be aired out in court. Also, very few people really think what he did as truly a mistake. It's just a mistake he got caught- touching yourself mid meeting is not the same as if his pants were unzipped by accident. The only thing I can think about him when I see him is what he did and I'm sure that's the same for many people. Nobody was clamoring to have him back.

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Anonymous wrote:I just noticed that CNN has moved Toobin back to his usual role on TV.
What is this world coming to, that someone can expose himself on a conference call and still retain his job?!?!
Very disappointing.

+1 Not JUST exposing himself either...

Plus a million. I hate Toobin. He’s not that insightful nor special, he devised the phrase “race card,” humiliated his wife and his mistress and his child during his paternity trial, and cranked it on a call with writers and thinkers who are thousands of levels better than he- Jelani Cobb and Jane Meyer were on that call. He’s a total troll and he forced them to see him jerk off. He should have lost every job forever for that. He could still bloviate in book form without threatening normal adults with random forced witnessing of him masturbating.

Anonymous wrote:I just noticed that CNN has moved Toobin back to his usual role on TV.
What is this world coming to, that someone can expose himself on a conference call and still retain his job?!?!
Very disappointing.

+1 Not JUST exposing himself either...