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.