Jay Leno weighs in... she’s given money, so she’s nice https://twitter.com/ellenshow2go/status/1291088267996102657?s=21
On Wed, Aug 5, 2020 at 5:59 AM Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiHtpYXm3wjKORAkqpfU_6Z9jyFUn4pDOL1%3D1Kn35AhOAg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- 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/CAKgmY4C-fnr61xMwr3oGX0uczX5U8StthP5T%3Dv2d99QFORfXkQ%40mail.gmail.com.
