On Wed, Aug 5, 2020 at 12:14 AM PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > Well I’m not sure if I expect people to be nice to everyone; probably more > people are mean rather than nice to everyone regardless of their rank in > life. > > But again, my point is that being mean is merely unpleasant, while > creating a hostile work environment is illegal. So, that’s probably more > important than whether or not Ellen is nice. >
There are various issues being tied together in this story and there are various approaches. Whether Ellen is nice or not is celebrity gossip. The sexual nature of the harassment allegations is somewhat lurid and can get tabloid style coverage. Speculation about Ellen getting the boot imminently and speculating on a replacement is also tabloid. The allegations of a toxic workplace environment are straight news and should be the center of the story which is what Buzzfeed has done. When the story broke I wondered if an internal investigation by Warner Media was really going to try to assess the situation or if it was going to cover up any wrongdoing to keep the show running. If the latter then an external investigation should be demanded. The way the story is developing it seems that Warner isn't trying to make the story go away and nobody from the show (or their attorney) is yelling that the allegations are baseless and the matter needs to be dropped. Seventeen years is a hell of a run for a talk show host. After Carson and Letterman we have somehow decided that 30 years is the minimum standard but that is a real outlier. Ellen isn't entitled to a 30 year run as talk show host and letting her step aside or asking her to step aside doesn't erase her accomplishment. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiHtpYXm3wjKORAkqpfU_6Z9jyFUn4pDOL1%3D1Kn35AhOAg%40mail.gmail.com.
