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Surprised. you mentioned the expression "casting couch." ive done at least a dozen exposes on the "casting couch" over the years. in 2013 when seth macfarlane, the very gifted comic, was presenting the nominations for the academy award for best supporting actress, he said of the five nominees, now they didnt have to pretend to like harvey weinstein anymore. >> sean: i remember that. >> this was a generalized -- this was general knowledge. furthermore, to your political point, i dont think t the ...

It wasnt even mentioned. the late-night comic didnt even mention it at all. its a lamentable that a person who is a predator like this -- a pig but if you are a right-wing pig, they would have been all over this on friday. not waiting until tuesday. >> sean: so true. larry, you lived in l.a. its different in this sense. everybody i know that lives out there, there are so many people, young people that go out there with dreams and aspirations and they want to be actors and actresses. and models a...

>> greg: we are praising ronan farrow for doing what? bringing out nbcs role in this. we have to do that with ourselves, correct? we were all shouting about fnc that was going on. i can see why people hide. they call this an open secret which means its not a secret. it drives me crazy. there is a certain generation of men perhaps to see, places of power, things are transactional. people have a word for this. its such an open secret that its called the casting couch. it is not just about weinstei...

What he thought was his colleagues. but of course hollywood has really suppressed the voices of injustice for years. and now we find these victims who are standing brave and courageous and fighting against this. they are being change agents. so we probably are going to see a shift in culture because hes not the only one in hollywood that has been really yielding this powerful umbrella of -- >> the casting couch is an old entire trope in hollywood. katie, the weinstein production company that he ...

>> what about the men? first of all, the board of miramar is all men, three of the board members are out, but four remaining booted him out said they had no inclination, never knew, never knew about any of those settlements. hmm. where are the men, the male voices? >> its a good question. im not on that board or in their heads so if thats what they said thats what they said. but thats a good question. what about the men? when we were having the conversation about the wage gap in hollywood, we he...

Organization gave them this. that leads to the board. were they complicit. brent: somebody wants harvey out of the company. i dont know if his brother helped with this story. howie: the cable segments on each of the cable news channels. the question is, since when conservatives had gotten in this kind of trouble, we have this big story, harvey weinstein gave hundreds of thousands of dollars to democrats and president obamas daughter worked there as an intern. do you think there would be more out...

Careers, who didnt feel at all empowered to reject his advances or to speak out. and it was a very abusive workplace as well. >> well, you know, nobody should be subjected, andrea, to the casting couch. those days are long over. we recognize that sexual harassment is something that interferes with the right to equal opportunity employment. thats why its against the law. i want to emphasize, its very damaging to victims. victims are then placed in a no-win situation. if they go along with the sex...

Within the weinstein organization gave them this. that leads to the board. were they complicit. brent: somebody wants harvey out of the company. i dont know if his brother helped with this story. howie: the cable segments on each of the cable news channels. the question is, since when conservatives had gotten in this kind of trouble, we have this big story, harvey weinstein gave hundreds of thousands of dollars to democrats and president obamas daughter worked there as an intern. do you think th...

For some sort of leeway by using political and sort of national hot button issues right now and a national tragedy which makes his apology pretty deplorable. he also quoted jay-z. he was sort of trying everything he could there in the apology to get sympathy and i think, again, you know, this is an industry that coined the term casting couch. this stuff has been going on for decades and decades in hollywood. and, you know, i was actually happy to see this story come out yesterday because it mean...

receiving. this is an era of women who are fed up with being taken advantage of, particularly in the workplace. we have been hearing about this for years. remember the old stories about the casting couch? what women in the entertainment industry had to do. these stories are legendary. all over this country. perhaps all over this world. women have been taken advantage of. >> what does it say to you that this went on -- the first accusation that was made publically was back in 2004. apparently,...