![]() ![]() “They were just lying to their viewers, it’s really gross,” she says. Maybe they just wanted to send a message that there’s certain things they have to follow,” she adds.Ĭouric pointed to reports of some Fox News anchors allegedly spreading falsehoods on the air as the network sought to retain viewers. Even compared to Sean Hannity, he was becoming a bigger star. “I guess Tucker had the biggest fiefdom of them all, because he got the highest ratings. “There was probably more embarrassing things that would come out, apparently some gross communiques between Tucker Carlson and some of his co-workers,” Couric says as she argues that anchors at Fox News have out-sized influences on programming decisions and output. She did, however, allude to emails and other communication that may have led to Carlson’s Fox exit. But I don’t think anybody should take a lot of joy from seeing people’s downfalls,” Couric insists. In Tucker’s case, to lie to the public, you can’t really be rehabilitated from that. She observed that media audiences like to see celebrities “fall from grace,” before touching on the recent surprise exits of Tucker Carlson at Fox News and Don Lemon at CNN, with the former’s departure more of a surprise than the latter, in her judgement. “On a human level, it’s hard to see someone, as Andy Lack told me when Matt was fired, go from hero to zero. But you got to remind yourself you put your pants on the same way as everyone else,” she said.Īs part of a discussion about Apple TV+’s The Morning Show, of which Couric is a fan, she says, “They probably would have been well served to have a consultant who actually worked at a morning show, because I think some things they get and some things are off, tonally.”Ĭouric also talks more specifically about her former Today show co-host Matt Lauer’s 2017 NBC firing after a complaint about “inappropriate sexual behavior”: “I remember using the word ‘disgusted’ to talk about Matt’s behavior, and I think my overwhelming emotion is just being so disappointed and so sad.” On Let’s Talk Off Camera, Couric concedes that the lack of privacy that comes with fame has its challenges. Despite her shock and sadness over Shell’s exit, Couric did joke that she got into the media business when the word “harass” was two words instead of one. Do the right thing, for your career, and your personal decisions,” she insists. ![]() “Is it worth it? Or comport yourself in that way, get a divorce. Couric also questions the wisdom of workplace affairs as she insists she always kept a wall between her professional and personal lives. It’s so self-destructive, that behavior,” she says. She says her surprise extended to Shell apparently not apologizing to his family in his departure statement. What is it, the power dynamics, they’re so surrounded with yes people that the rules don’t apply to them?” Couric asks on the podcast. “I was so shocked that Jeff Shell would do this. Shell was fired for what the company described as “inappropriate conduct with a female employee, including allegations of sexual harassment.” NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell Departs Following "Inappropriate Relationship" ![]()
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