A detail in the news reports of lauer s workplace conduct animated the narrative.
Matt lauer office door lock.
This takes us back to the original variety report which didn t necessarily say that lauer was trapping women in his office.
The secret button that matt lauer allegedly used to lock his door inside nbc s rockefeller center headquarters was not a unique security feature a source at the show tells people.
Nbc fired lauer on wednesday after the network received a.
A similar button exists or at least recently existed in the office of.
Former nbc news anchor matt lauer denied that his office has a secret button that could trap unsuspecting women inside his office two years after the claim sent shock waves through the media industry.
And really problematic for nbc news management variety s report includes a description of lauer s secluded office with its button under his desk allowing him to lock his door from the inside.
Joy s reaction to that might make ya pause the next time you walk into someone s office.
His office was in a secluded space and he had a button under his desk that allowed him to lock his door from.
The washington post also looked into the button and after talking to people familiar with 30 rockefeller center s offices learned that the button locked the door but only from the outside for situations such as a shooting.
About that secret button in matt lauer s office the anchor s door locking mechanism acts as a particularly vivid metaphor for the amount of power and protection many influential men enjoy.
The mechanism was a.
Matt lauer used a button under his desk at nbc to lock his office door from the inside after inviting in women variety reported.