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Post by DanMcQ on Oct 2, 2009 9:07:01 GMT -5
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TC
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Post by TC on Oct 2, 2009 9:34:31 GMT -5
And the fact that he didn't knock anyone up, pay for them to have an abortion (unless I'm missing some details), and he's the star of a late night talk show - not the Head Coach of a basketball team and ostensibly someone who is supposed to guide young lives.
I'm not excusing his behavior, but I don't think this is the same as the Pitino situation.
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Post by mchoya on Oct 2, 2009 9:35:22 GMT -5
He probably won't get the Pitino treatment for the reasons that TC listed above. Also, he didn't compare his blackmail ordeal to 9/11, so he has that going for him.
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Post by TC on Oct 2, 2009 9:40:17 GMT -5
Guesses on when the current Queen of American Letters* chimes in on this?
* See : #1 book on Amazon
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Post by PhillyHoya on Oct 2, 2009 9:42:16 GMT -5
OMG he had consensual sex with women in his workplace. Whatever. I love Dave.
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Post by theexorcist on Oct 2, 2009 9:48:32 GMT -5
OMG he had consensual sex with women in his workplace. Whatever. I love Dave. Actually, almost any supervisor-supervisee relationship that gets revealed gets the supervisor fired. It's very difficult for the supervisee to end the relationship and have everything go back to normal. In these cases, the recommendation is usually for the person breaking it off to get a new job (though I'm guessing that Letterman was probably a great job). Nothing's going to happen because he's famous. Not to say that something shouldn't. |
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Post by DanMcQ on Oct 2, 2009 9:49:18 GMT -5
OMG he had consensual sex with women in his workplace. Whatever. I love Dave. I love Dave too, but aren't you in the least bit troubled by behavior (e.g., sexual harrassment of employees, be it 'consensual' or not) that would get any supervisor in America fired? Agree with TC about some of the other differences with the Pitino situation. |
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Post by TC on Oct 2, 2009 10:01:59 GMT -5
I love Dave too, but aren't you in the least bit troubled by behavior (e.g., sexual harrassment of employees, be it 'consensual' or not) that would get any supervisor in America fired? I'm not sure that that's new news though. He married one of his production managers. |
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Post by hoyaalf on Oct 2, 2009 11:46:34 GMT -5
He needs new writers.
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Post by TC on Oct 2, 2009 11:55:12 GMT -5
So wait.....does this situation even involve marital infidelity? I was kind of just assuming it did, and I guess there's other women so it is still possible that it might, but if there's no cheating go on here AND it falls under the Tom Brady rules of sexual harrassment (be handsome, be attractive, don't be unattractive) what's the scandal here?
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Post by theexorcist on Oct 2, 2009 12:43:03 GMT -5
So wait.....does this situation even involve marital infidelity? I was kind of just assuming it did, and I guess there's other women so it is still possible that it might, but if there's no cheating go on here AND it falls under the Tom Brady rules of sexual harrassment (be handsome, be attractive, don't be unattractive) what's the scandal here? "Mr. Letterman first revealed the extortion effort on “The Late Show,” on CBS on Thursday night, describing how he had been approached by a person who wanted $2 million from him not to go public with information that Mr. Letterman had been in sexual relationships with women who worked on his show. " Relationships with someone who "worked on the show" is a supervisor/supervisee relationship. In almost any company in America, it gets you fired. BIG scandal. |
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Post by jgalt on Oct 2, 2009 12:57:16 GMT -5
So wait.....does this situation even involve marital infidelity? I was kind of just assuming it did, and I guess there's other women so it is still possible that it might, but if there's no cheating go on here AND it falls under the Tom Brady rules of sexual harrassment (be handsome, be attractive, don't be unattractive) what's the scandal here? "Mr. Letterman first revealed the extortion effort on “The Late Show,” on CBS on Thursday night, describing how he had been approached by a person who wanted $2 million from him not to go public with information that Mr. Letterman had been in sexual relationships with women who worked on his show. " Relationships with someone who "worked on the show" is a supervisor/supervisee relationship. In almost any company in America, it gets you fired. BIG scandal. Not necessarily true. While i believe Dave is an Exec Producer on the show, another Exec Producer would not be under him. We dont know the extent of the relationship and who it is with. Those people may not be on the show any more and it may have nothing to do with the relationship. i know that the standard procedure in any work place is the the supervisor would be dismissed. But it seems to me that there is more to the story. |
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Post by TC on Oct 2, 2009 13:02:25 GMT -5
Relationships with someone who "worked on the show" is a supervisor/supervisee relationship. In almost any company in America, it gets you fired. BIG scandal. Unless you're in upper management, in which case everyone looks the other way. Again, I don't think this is really news - he's always been rumored to be a crummy boss and he married one of his subordinates. No one cared then. Unless there's infidelity, this kinda rates as a "meh" on the scandal scale. |
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Post by DanMcQ on Oct 2, 2009 13:06:06 GMT -5
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Post by theexorcist on Oct 2, 2009 13:12:25 GMT -5
Relationships with someone who "worked on the show" is a supervisor/supervisee relationship. In almost any company in America, it gets you fired. BIG scandal. Unless you're in upper management, in which case everyone looks the other way. Again, I don't think this is really news - he's always been rumored to be a crummy boss and he married one of his subordinates. No one cared then. Unless there's infidelity, this kinda rates as a "meh" on the scandal scale. Agreed fully that, in upper management, no one cares. But when it becomes public, as it did here, there are problems. I still think CBS needs to do something to ensure Letterman doesn't get off scot-free. Four hours of sexual harassment training ought to be sufficient punishment. |
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Post by Elvado on Oct 2, 2009 13:14:50 GMT -5
Make him watch Leno. Though you might have 8th Amendment problems there
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Post by TC on Oct 2, 2009 13:39:56 GMT -5
Four hours of sexual harassment training ought to be sufficient punishment. I'm sure he'd do it so that they can turn it into a segment. |
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Post by rosslynhoya on Oct 2, 2009 13:57:40 GMT -5
Yeah, everyone's missing the real scandal here. If his employees were hired for their writing skills rather than their sexual availability, his show might suck less. |
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Post by hoyaalf on Oct 2, 2009 16:15:25 GMT -5
WE need new writers!
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Post by DanMcQ on Oct 3, 2009 9:23:18 GMT -5
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