Vox: The Today show pushed out talented women. It kept Matt Lauer around for years.

[JaneQPublic]

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/11/29/16714688/matt-lauer-today-show-ann-curry

Today co-anchor Savannah Guthrie announced live on air that Matt Lauer had been terminated from his job over allegations of sexual harassment. He is the latest in a slew of high-powered men in media to have fallen after such allegations have emerged, including Roger Ailes, Charlie Rose, Mark Halperin, and Glenn Thrush.

And as with the others, among the numerous questions surrounding Lauer’s allegations, one persists: What about the women who didn’t make it while he did? When the news about Lauer’s firing from Today broke Wednesday morning, it was hard not to think back to another anchor who left the show: Ann Curry.

Lauer, the 20-year NBC News veteran, reportedly orchestrated Curry’s ouster as Today co-host in 2012, a spot she earned after more than a decade as the morning show’s news reader.

Curry isn’t the only woman whose career on the morning news show was stunted while Lauer got to stick around; Tamron Hall and Natalie Morales also lost their jobs during his tenure. It also sounds like there are more allegations waiting in the wings.

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[dalton99a]

1. And paid him $29 million a year

[delisen]

2. The Brotherhood Strikes Again and again, and again...

[hlthe2b]

3. Ann Curry's firing always upset me. I'd like to think NBC would show some decency

and reparations toward these female anchors who Lauer forced out.

[Takket]

4. This always bothered me

Always blamed the woman because it can't possibly be Matt!!!