names of multiple female victims. we had a story journalist looked at that said this should get on air immediately. he said when the story made its way to execs they killed it. this was a case where a news organization ordered us to stop, do not take so much as a and to cancel interviews in some cases with alleged rape victims. this book explains why. reporter: weinstein himself was threatening nbc saying he would go public with sexual misconduct allegations against matt lauer. he also sent former nbc staffer brick told him lauer raped her in 2014 episodes the olympics. now some of the network staffers speaking publicly about the ordeal. i want to say that we it was not easy to come forward then, it s not easy now. he was able to break through was effectively a conspiracy of silence from nbc news management. nbc execs claim be removed lauer from the air and the payroll two years ago as soon as they found out about the rape accusation. news president noah oftentimes
it is not limbed to them. insidious force of path of least resistance is everywhere you look. i feel the tug of it myself as my own news organization is embroiled in a very public controversy over its conduct. in his new book catch and kill, ronan farrow says that msnbc slow walked and killed his reporting on harvey weinstein s sexual harassment and assault. farrow suggests nbc news was worried about sexual harassment and assault by matt lauer coming out and desperately wanted to avoid that. in farrow s view he was unable to break through what was effectively a conspiracy of silence from nbc news management. nbc news vigorously denies this account. president of nbc news called farrow s book a conspiracy theory in a memo sent out today, citing an internal nbc news
the man who is head of their party. it is not limbed to them. insidious force of path of least resistance is everywhere you look. i feel the tug of it myself as my own news organization is embroiled in a very public controversy over its conduct. in his new book catch and kill, ronan farrow says that msnbc slow walked and killed his reporting on harvey weinstein s sexual harassment and assault. farrow suggests nbc news was worried about sexual harassment and assault by matt lauer coming out and desperately wanted to avoid that. in farrow s view he was unable to break through what was effectively a conspiracy of silence from nbc news management. nbc news vigorously denies this account. president of nbc news called farrow s book a conspiracy theory in a memo sent out today,
it couldope. him had up to lawsuits. there are chilling algagds in this morning s new york times story but we ve not heard about new complaints since then. so there s a little bit of quiet. there was a sighting today i saw on another program of him in the hamptons which is where his family lives but he s not publicly said anything except for releasing a statement. original statement from andy lack says there had had been no complaints in the 20 years lauer had had worked at nbc. and later in the day we can say unequivocally that prior to monday night current nbc news management was never made aware of any complaints about matt lauer s conduct. what doyou make the shift of the current news management? current is what a lot of people i m talking to is taking interest in. they see it as possible wiggle
hamptons, which is where his family lives, but he has not publicly said anything except for releasing a statement. hadas, the original statement said there had been no complaints in the 20 years that lauer had worked at nbc. and a second statement released later in the day by nbc said this. we can say, unequivocally that prior to monday night that current nbc news management was never made aware of any complaints about matt lauer s conduct. what do you think of the shift to current news management. the current word is what a lot of people i ve talked to are taking interest in. they see it as maybe possible wiggle room. they say current management, the current president would have only been in place for a few years, who would have known perhaps before. but we don t know. we re starting to see these stories coming out saying, everybody knew about matt lauer s behavior. everybody knew that he was maybe engaging in some extra marital