Jeffrey Toobin back on CNN after masturbation scandal, admits it was ‘moronic

[JacksinPA]

Jeffrey Toobin back on CNN after masturbation scandal, admits it was ‘moronic’

Jeffrey Toobin returned to CNN and admitted that masturbating during a Zoom call — which got him fired from the New Yorker and suspended from the network — was “deeply moronic and indef…

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Jeffrey Toobin returned to CNN on Thursday afternoon and admitted that masturbating during a Zoom call — which got him fired from the New Yorker and led to a leave of absence from the network — was “deeply moronic and indefensible.”

“I feel like we should address what’s happened in the months since we’ve seen you,” CNN anchor Alisyn Camerota said to Toobin, who was the network’s chief legal analyst.

“To quote Jay Leno, ‘What the hell were you thinking?'”
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Most men get married & have wives for sexual relief. That's part of the marriage compact.

 

[nvflash]

He did some color commentary for ESPN in his leave, I think it was a Yankees game.

May have also aired on Spanktravission.

 

[MaryP]

Jeffrey Toobin back on CNN after masturbation scandal, admits it was ‘moronic’

Jeffrey Toobin returned to CNN and admitted that masturbating during a Zoom call — which got him fired from the New Yorker and suspended from the network — was “deeply moronic and indef…

nypost.com

Jeffrey Toobin returned to CNN on Thursday afternoon and admitted that masturbating during a Zoom call — which got him fired from the New Yorker and led to a leave of absence from the network — was “deeply moronic and indefensible.”

“I feel like we should address what’s happened in the months since we’ve seen you,” CNN anchor Alisyn Camerota said to Toobin, who was the network’s chief legal analyst.

“To quote Jay Leno, ‘What the hell were you thinking?'”
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Most men get married & have wives for sexual relief. That's part of the marriage compact.

Yeah, that was pretty weird. Men really spend a lot of time thinking with their "little brain," don't they? It really couldn't wait?

Anyway, he had lots of guts coming back. I would have gotten plastic surgery, changed my name and become a taxi driver or something.

 

[NWRatCon]

Yeah, that was pretty weird. Men really spend a lot of time thinking with their "little brain," don't they? It really couldn't wait?

Anyway, he had lots of guts coming back. I would have gotten plastic surgery, changed my name and become a taxi driver or something.

Personally, I think this was blown completely out of proportion and that the New Yorker was wrong for firing him. I'm not saying that what happened was not bone headed, but what, really, did it have to do with the quality of his journalism or even, really, as a human being. There are a number of authors I've read and read that are marginal as human beings or have seriously wrong views, but are really good at writing, like Orson Scott Card, H.P. Lovecraft, Henry Miller, J.K. Rowling, etc.

What Toobin was grossly embarrassing, but unintentional. In this day and age, with constant exposure online through Zoom, etc., such events are bound to happen. There are endless stories, comedy and even funny ads about it. If anyone says otherwise, they're either living in another realm of reality or just plain lying. Same with people who've never engaged in similar behavior and been lucky enough not to get caught.

Personally, I think one of our problems as a society is our inability to acknowledge the reality of how we actually live our lives. It has been claimed that the pornography industry generates $12 billion dollars in annual revenue - larger than the combined annual revenues of ABC, NBC, and CBS, and that porn sites get more visitors each month than Netflix, Amazon and Twitter - combined. Web MD notes "In one national study, 95% of males and 89% of females reported that they have masturbated. Masturbation is the first sexual act experienced by most males and females. In young children, masturbation is a normal part of the growing child's exploration of their body."

Can we please just get over it?

 

[MaryP]

Personally, I think this was blown completely out of proportion and that the New Yorker was wrong for firing him. I'm not saying that what happened was not bone headed, but what, really, did it have to do with the quality of his journalism or even, really, as a human being. There are a number of authors I've read and read that are marginal as human beings or have seriously wrong views, but are really good at writing, like Orson Scott Card, H.P. Lovecraft, Henry Miller, J.K. Rowling, etc.

What Toobin was grossly embarrassing, but unintentional. In this day and age, with constant exposure online through Zoom, etc., such events are bound to happen. There are endless stories, comedy and even funny ads about it. If anyone says otherwise, they're either living in another realm of reality or just plain lying. Same with people who've never engaged in similar behavior and been lucky enough not to get caught.

Personally, I think one of our problems as a society is our inability to acknowledge the reality of how we actually live our lives. It has been claimed that the pornography industry generates $12 billion dollars in annual revenue - larger than the combined annual revenues of ABC, NBC, and CBS, and that porn sites get more visitors each month than Netflix, Amazon and Twitter - combined. Web MD notes "In one national study, 95% of males and 89% of females reported that they have masturbated. Masturbation is the first sexual act experienced by most males and females. In young children, masturbation is a normal part of the growing child's exploration of their body."

Can we please just get over it?

I'm totally over it, never did anything but laugh about it, but I can PROMISE you, no lie, that i have never masturbated during an online conference or training or anything else, and last year I was Zooming online for hours a day. What he did is kind of perverted, like the pervert who pretended to be napping and started giving my thigh a feel one day while we were on the bus. No huge shakes, just inappropriate. Maybe firing him was going too far, but I dunno...I'm probably not the only one who thought it was kinda creepy.

And leave JK Rowling alone.

 

[JacksinPA]

I'm totally over it, never did anything but laugh about it, but I can PROMISE you, no lie, that i have never masturbated during an online conference or training or anything else, and last year I was Zooming online for hours a day. What he did is kind of perverted, like the pervert who pretended to be napping and started giving my thigh a feel one day while we were on the bus. No huge shakes, just inappropriate. Maybe firing him was going too far, but I dunno...I'm probably not the only one who thought it was kinda creepy.

And leave JK Rowling alone.

At least he didn't have a female staffer on her knees under his desk. Gotta give him some credit here. The only person he was abusing was himself.

 

[Marrybore]

What did he actually do that was wrong though?

 

[eohrnberger]

Oh look! CNN's Jerk Off is back on air.
Certainly tells you volumes about morals and values at CNN.

Heard reported that CNN was nothing 'but a boys club' during prime-time hours, i.e. no female anchors.
In these times of 'toxic masculinity' you'd think those purporting this would have noticed this.

 

[Monica33]

AT&T are desperate to get rid of this serial money loser with plunging ratings that are the talk of the industry .

Perhaps they no longer care much about anything because when you hit rock bottom there is no real chance of further humiliation .Just continued laughter .

And let's face it , with CNN around the need to make out the case for Fake News is so easy . Just point at them .

 

[Roadvirus]

I guess CNN figures he'll give their ratings a rise, seeing as they have been flaccid since Trump's been gone.

 

[nota bene]

Twitchy calls the Hill's headline the "greatest Toobin zinger of all time": "CNN insult #MeToo movement, provides happy ending for Jeffrey Toobin."

 

[Deuce]

I don't understand why you would bring this guy back when there's any number of equally-qualified people who, you know, didn't jerk off on camera.

 

[Ahlevah]

Personally, I think this was blown completely out of proportion and that the New Yorker was wrong for firing him. I'm not saying that what happened was not bone headed, but what, really, did it have to do with the quality of his journalism or even, really, as a human being. There are a number of authors I've read and read that are marginal as human beings or have seriously wrong views, but are really good at writing, like Orson Scott Card, H.P. Lovecraft, Henry Miller, J.K. Rowling, etc.

What Toobin was grossly embarrassing, but unintentional. In this day and age, with constant exposure online through Zoom, etc., such events are bound to happen. There are endless stories, comedy and even funny ads about it. If anyone says otherwise, they're either living in another realm of reality or just plain lying. Same with people who've never engaged in similar behavior and been lucky enough not to get caught.

Personally, I think one of our problems as a society is our inability to acknowledge the reality of how we actually live our lives. It has been claimed that the pornography industry generates $12 billion dollars in annual revenue - larger than the combined annual revenues of ABC, NBC, and CBS, and that porn sites get more visitors each month than Netflix, Amazon and Twitter - combined. Web MD notes "In one national study, 95% of males and 89% of females reported that they have masturbated. Masturbation is the first sexual act experienced by most males and females. In young children, masturbation is a normal part of the growing child's exploration of their body."

Can we please just get over it?

It's like he was thinking about his bone (the one with a head) and not much else.

 

[Phys251]

Jeffrey Toobin back on CNN after masturbation scandal, admits it was ‘moronic’

Jeffrey Toobin returned to CNN and admitted that masturbating during a Zoom call — which got him fired from the New Yorker and suspended from the network — was “deeply moronic and indef…

nypost.com

Jeffrey Toobin returned to CNN on Thursday afternoon and admitted that masturbating during a Zoom call — which got him fired from the New Yorker and led to a leave of absence from the network — was “deeply moronic and indefensible.”

“I feel like we should address what’s happened in the months since we’ve seen you,” CNN anchor Alisyn Camerota said to Toobin, who was the network’s chief legal analyst.

“To quote Jay Leno, ‘What the hell were you thinking?'”
=====================================================
Most men get married & have wives for sexual relief. That's part of the marriage compact.

Bad move by CNN to let him back on after what he did.

 

[JacksinPA]

Bad move by CNN to let him back on after what he did.

This decision was made by an accountant's spreadsheet program as well as ratings, staffing & other concerns.

 

[NWRatCon]

Bad move by CNN to let him back on after what he did.

Why? That's a serious question. What was it that he did that is worthy of the journalistic death penalty? Are we going to return to 18th Century justice where 192 petty infractions warranted the death penalty? Was he malicious? How do we grade offenses? Is this the equivalent of making up fake stories or deliberately misquoting a source?

 

[NWRatCon]

I don't understand why you would bring this guy back when there's any number of equally-qualified people who, you know, didn't jerk off on camera.

Are they equally qualified? Are they as effective in TV? I'm not particularly a Toobin fan, but I do recognize his talents and expertise.

 

[NWRatCon]

I feel like we're entering Scarlet Letter territory.

 

[MaryP]

I keep wondering how that went down--did a coworker say, "Um, Jeff?" Or did they politely ignore him and he realized too late he was on camera, or what? How much of him could they see? Just head and shoulders like most of us, or did he push back in his chair and really let it all hang out? Wonder if he's a noisy Toobin or a muffled Toobin. It's a little hard to imagine what to say to a Toobining coworker at a moment like that <giggle>
Just nosy.

 

[NWRatCon]

I keep wondering how that went down--did a coworker say, "Um, Jeff?" Or did they politely ignore him and he realized too late he was on camera, or what? How much of him could they see? Just head and shoulders like most of us, or did he push back in his chair and really let it all hang out? Wonder if he's a noisy Toobin or a muffled Toobin. It's a little hard to imagine what to say to a Toobining coworker at a moment like that <giggle>
Just nosy.

I've wondered the same things, but tried not to visualize them. It would forever be awkward, no question, and he'll never live it down but I don't think it should define him. How many of us have had humiliating experiences that scarred/shaped us psychologically? But should it be carried over to our professional life? Whatever happened to forgiveness and contrition?

 

[j brown's body]

I support CNN bringing him back. More networks and other groups should be so forgiving.

 

[eohrnberger]

I guess CNN figures he'll give their ratings a rise, seeing as they have been flaccid since Trump's been gone.

I see what you did there!

 

[ASHES]

People will go to great lengths to defend those with patterns of sexual misconduct against others, but a masturbation mishap should be the end of his career? Pfft.

 

[NWRatCon]

I support CNN bringing him back. More networks and other groups should be so forgiving.

If television news is going to be taken seriously, of needs to behave seriously. I'll give Brian Williams as an example. He conflated his personal experiences with contemporary images (it is a psychological trap many fall into without ever knowing it). He lost his anchor job over it. THAT I think had to do with on-air credibility, so was a rational response (if, IMHO, overblown). Now he hosts a late-night hour for MSNBC which is quite insightful. I'd have hated to lose that perspective. He faced consequences, and it cost him dearly, but he's allowed to continue to contribute.

 

[NWRatCon]

People will go to great lengths to defend those with patterns of sexual misconduct against others, but a masturbation mishap should be the end of his career? Pfft.

I feel very different about this than Louis C.K. That was abusive, and warranted condemnation and severe consequences. At the same time, he has been genuinely contrite and had a lot to offer, professionally. Can he be forgiven? Should he?

As a general proposition what's the point of punishment? To get their attention, identify what is wrong and correct it, right? Once genuine correction/reform has occurred, what's the purpose of continued punishment? Again, a serious question.