Mark Halperin Suspended From MSNBC Over Sexual Harassment Allegations
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Mark Halperin is parting ways with NBC News, where he has been a political analyst for years, after the publication of a CNN report in which five women accused the Game Change author of sexual harassment.
Halperin has since 2010 been an analyst at NBC News and frequently appears on MSNBC’s Morning Joe.
In a statement provided to Mediaite , MSNBC called the CNN story and allegations “very troubling,” adding that “Mark Halperin is leaving his role as a contributor until the questions around his past conduct are fully understood.”
The harassment reportedly took place when Halperin was the political director at ABC News in the mid-late ’90s. His behavior ranged from “propositioning employees for sex” to “kissing and grabbing one’s breasts against her will.” Three of the women accused him of “pressing an erection against their bodies while he was clothed.”
Halperin said in a statement to CNN that he now understands his “behavior was inappropriate and caused others pain,” and apologized, though he denied the allegations involving grabbing women’s breasts and rubbing his genitalia against them.
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This is odd considering Mark Halperin was live in Morning Joe on MSNBC this morning. While there are reports on the internet of olde accusations from the 1990s there seems to be no confirmation of this story. Are we perhaps jumping the gun. Considering the downfall of Roger Ailes, Bill O'Reilly and a gaggle of other Fox News big shots it is no surprise that others in the News business are taintedd also. Is anyoone surprised that olde men in the news and entertainment industry might be sexual predators? Not that I know of. It is high time powerful me stop thinking they can extort sex from underlings...
On nbcnews.com right now:
This place is starting to remind me of NV.
Bummer!
Why? Because more liberal like people are commenting?
Not at all.
Because posts are becoming more about the people posting than the topic being discussed.
That shit helped destroy NV IMO.
You are right. I've seen plenty of posters here who post about the commenter and not the topic
it's easy to get sucked into it. I'm guilty of it as well but i do try not making it personal.
It's just that some folks try harder than others ......
and some folks have it coming
I admit i always kinda felt there was something off about him. I guess we'll have to wait to see what else is revealed. One thing is obvious, the theme is men in authoritative roles preying on women. From the white house to the newsroom.
Been going on for generations Pj.
Lets not forget Jack raping his interns then turning them out as his private harem of sexual providers......
No one seems to comment on that, but a desire to grab pussy is the talk of the town.
The outrage comes across as flat and meaningless, purely political.
Wtf are you talking about, who is Jack? Are we speaking of living people currently in public or your old uncle Jack?.
Jack Kennedy Darlin' You know,
John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy, Husband of Jacqueline Kennedy Bouvier. (also know as Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis)
Where have you been the last ten years or so?
One of those interns after Jackie O's death came out about this and wrote a book detailing the whole sordid escapade in which several other former interns still alive subsequently came forward and confirmed her account. Her stated reason for waiting so long to come forward was her great respect for Jackie and refusal to allow such to stain her remembrances and the legacy of her husband....
Dates times and places mentioned in the published memoirs of the intern were later confirmed through other sources. (the confirmation even reached some of the people that were benefactors of the interns sexual services during their White House service)
I don't believe that it is discussed that much cause it is absolute established fact...
Once Upon a Secret: My Affair with President John F. Kennedy and Its Aftermath
Marion Fay "Mimi" Alford
The Daily Mail report on the story Quoting excerpts and the fact that it was confirmed by Kennedy's own press secretary.
Jesuschrist, you are talking about someone dead for over 50 years?! And this is relevant because......?
If you note my response to Pj quoted above, the abuse of women by those in power has been going on for generations.
It's relevant in the context of her comment cause it establishes the basis of my statement to her.
Not much on reading comprehension are you? or are you having trouble following the conversation?
There are few women alive who can honestly say they have never seen sexual harassment (if not them, someone else). I guess it is a given it has gone on for HUNDREDS AND THOUSANDS OF YEARS! We know it! Why not go back further? Because you wanted to make a political point choosing a democrat? Like women care if they are dem or republican? Catholic or Baptist? Blond or brunette? What was your real point with that?
I'm not the one making it about politics, I was a door knocker for Jack when I was a young man and that was how the vote was gotten out.
And Newt was famous for just such sexual power plays when he was Speaker of the House....
Does it really matter who the politician is?
I still consider Jack Kennedy one of the greatest presidents in history, and one of the top two modern presidents. (Reagan being the other, and Reagan was as straight laced as they come)
Political ideology has nothing to do with it, Personal character has everything to do with it.