MATT LAUER WASN'T THE ONLY MEDIA FIGURE WHO LOST HER JOB TODAY
OVER REPORTS OF SEXUAL MISCONDUCT THAT WE ALSO HAVE
MINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO'S GARRISON KEILLOR WHO ALSO HAD
ALL BUSINESS TIES TO THE ORGANIZATION'S EARLIER TODAY.
THIS IS THE CREATOR AND RETIRED HOST OF A PRAIRIE COMPANION
WHO HOSTED THAT SHOW FOR SEVERAL DECADES THAT I PERSONALLY DID
NOT KNOW ABOUT THIS PERSON BUT APPARENTLY VERY HIGH PROFILE.
LET'S SEE.
HE SAID EARLIER TODAY:
HE PUT OUT A STATEMENT ABOUT
SOME INFORMATION EARLIER HE
HAD SAID THAT THIS WAS A MORE INTERESTING AND, LOCATED
SITUATION THEN THEY KNOW, THEY HAD SOME SORT OF PRIVATE
INFORMATION.
NOW WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF THAT INFORMATION.
HE SAID THIS:
IMPOSSIBLE TO KNOW.
THE
MATT LAUER STORY THAT CAME OUT TODAY SEEMS FAIRLY
CLEAR WITH THE BUTTON UNDER THE DESK TO LOCK THE DOOR WHEN
SOMEBODY COMES IN DROPPING HIS PANTS, ETC.
I DON'T KNOW IF THIS GUY IS TELLING THE TRUTH THERE, IT
WAS AN INNOCENT PAT ON THE BACK.
IF HE IS, THEN I'M ON HIS SIDE, BUT THAT'S ONLY ONE SIDE OF
THE STORY, AND IF LAWYERS WILL TELL YOU, THE ONLY THING
WORSE THAN NO SIDES OF A STORY IS ONE SIDE OF THE STORY
AND SO WE HAVEN'T HEARD OUT THE WOMAN OR WOMEN, I DON'T
KNOW IN THIS CASE, SO IT MIGHT BE WORSE THAN THAT.
AND BY THE WAY, YEAH, JUST BECAUSE YOUR ASSES BEEN
GRABBED DOES IT MEAN YOU ARE ALLOWED TO DO ITS OTHER PEOPLE.
THAT IS WEIRD LOGIC, TO THINK THAT SUCCESSFUL.
LOOK, I UNDERSTAND YOU SAYING.
IT'S NOT LIKE I WANT TO PROSECUTE THOSE HUNDRED
WOMEN WHO GRABBED MY ASS.
YES, BUT THAT'S YOUR PREROGATIVE.
YOU CHOSE NOT TO DO THAT, DOESN'T MEAN YOU GET TO DO
IT TO OTHERS.
EXACTLY.
TIMING WISE, WE DON'T KNOW FOR SURE THAT THIS WAS THE THING
THAT SPURRED THE ACCUSATIONS AGAINST HIM, BUT I BELIEVE
TWO DAYS AGO HE DID PUBLISH AN ARTICLE, IF WE COULD BRING
UP THAT SCREENSHOT, THE ARTICLE IS ALL FRANKEN SHOULD'VE
SOUGHT RESIGN?
THAT'S ABSURD I'M NOT IN A READ THE ENTIRE THING, YOU CAN FIND
ABOUT ONE SECTION OF THAT OPINION PIECE READS: THAT
THE
STRONG TAKE ON THAT.
IT DOES APPEAR, THESE ARE NOT CAUSAL THINGS, BUT VERY OFTEN
SOME OF THESE MEN, ESPECIALLY IN MEDIA WHO HAVE BEEN FOUND TO
HAVE ENGAGED IN SEXUAL MISCONDUCT WILL HAVE SPOKEN OUT
AGAINST WOMEN WHO MAKE ACCUSATIONS IN THE PAST,
I'M NOT GOING TO SAY SPECIFICS, BUT I BELIEVE THAT THERE WERE
SOME OTHER CASES OF THAT AND THIS IS APPARENTLY ONE OF THEM.
IT COULD BE THAT THEY ARE FEELING, WHEN THEY SEE
THESE ACCUSATIONS BEING MADE, WHEN THEIR SEEING CAREERS
BEING ENDED, THEY START THING BACK ON THEIR PAST AND THEY
WONDER IF THEY'RE ADEQUATE THEY COULD BE THE NEXT ONE IN
THIS CASE, HE WAS, WHETHER HE IS RIGHT, THAT IT WAS UNJUST
FOR FRANKEN AND HIMSELF OR HE IS COMPLETELY WRONG AND THEY
BOTH DID IT AND NUMBER OF TIMES.
IN THE CASE OF FRANKEN, I DON'T KNOW IF THE EDITORIAL CAME OUT
FOR HER AFTER WE FOUND OUT THERE WERE TWO, THREE, FOUR WOMEN WHO
CLAIMED, HAD OTHER CLAIMS AGAINST HIM INCLUDING
AGAIN, GRABBING THEIR ASS, ETC.
WE CANNOT ADJUDICATE ALL OF THESE SO I DO NOT KNOW.
WHAT APPEARED TO BE A MORE INNOCENT TIME, THE KIND OF TIMES
THAT HE TALKED ABOUT AT PRAIRIE HOME, BUT IT TURNS OUT THOSE
TIMES WERE NOT MORE INNOCENT.
IN A LOT OF WAYS THEY WERE MORE GUILTY, WE JUST DID NOT KNOW
ABOUT IT, SO NOW WE DO AND HE REACTS LIKE, DAMMIT, WHY
ARE WE GOING ON THIS WITCHHUNT?
AND SOME PEOPLE WILL BE WRONGLY ACCUSED AND IT WILL BE
TERRIBLE AND IF HE WAS COMPLAINING ABOUT THAT, HE
WOULD BE RIGHT BUT IF IT TURNS OUT THAT HE DID DO AND NOW
WE KNOW THAT FRANKEN DID DO IT ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, THEN
IT IS NOT A TERRIBLE THING, IT IS A DISINFECTANT.
IT IS A LIGHT THAT SHOWS YOU WHAT WAS GOING ON WHEN WE
WERE PRETENDING THAT EVERYTHING WAS FINE BACK AT PRAIRIE HOME.