re: If you're going to fire a man over a single allegation...

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And drag his name through the mud on NATIONAL TELEVISION, you need to also make public the evidence that was so damning that you felt such an action was justified. I don't need names, but I need to know that you have pictures, audio, SOMETHING that justifies such rash action.

Lauer' political leanings are irrelevant in this case. Everyone should be deeply troubled by this hysteria sweeping the country where it is now laudable to literally call someone a rapist on a national news broadcast the day after a single allegation by a single individual is made.

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These firings don't come cheap and you can bet your arse that Lauer just started rolling in some fresh cash based on an extremely generous severance package for being forced out. Likely not much unlike the one Bill O'Reilly got, but of course you won't hear about it because part of this severance package is likely a gag on discussing the issues involved.

That's how it works. Look at O'Reilly. He's literally banned from discussing anything about it based on his settlements and severance package.