For more than twenty years, Leslie Moonves has been one of the most powerful media executives in America. As the chairman and C.E.O. of CBS Corporation, he oversees shows ranging from “60 Minutes” to “The Big Bang Theory.” His portfolio includes the premium cable channel Showtime, the publishing house Simon & Schuster, and a streaming service, CBS All Access. Moonves, who is sixty-eight, has a reputation for canny hiring and project selection. The Wall Street Journal recently called him a “TV programming wizard”; the Hollywood Reporter dubbed him a “Wall Street Hero.” In the tumultuous field of network television, he has enjoyed rare longevity as a leader. Last year, according to filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, he earned nearly seventy million dollars, making him one of the highest-paid corporate executives in the world.
In recent months, Moonves has become a prominent voice in Hollywood’s #MeToo movement.
As Richard Fernandez says, the torpedoes the Democrats put in the water keep circling back…
Related: Surveillance footage shows one of President Obama’s senior officials following a woman around a DC Metro station and taking a picture up her skirt with his cell phone
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The torpedoes metaphor is a brilliant one. To think that #MeToo was originally [mostly] started to bring down Trump!
To find out who are likely the biggest male pigs, just search for who are the ones nattering on the loudest about women’s rights.
The torpedoes link should be https://pjmedia.com/instapundit/?s=fernandez+torpedo
CEO of broadcast giant CBS Les Moonves investigated for sexual misconduct
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/07/27/ceo-broadcast-giant-cbs-les-moonves-investigated-sexual-misconduct/
The allegations are said in part to involve instances of unwanted kissing and touching that occurred more than 20 years ago, as well as numerous claims that occurred more recently.
Mr Moonves admitted inappropriate behaviour, which he said he regretted.
“I recognise that there were times decades ago when I may have made some women uncomfortable by making advances,” he said in a statement issued to the New Yorker.
“Those were mistakes, and I regret them immensely. But I always understood and respected—and abided by the principle—that ‘no’ means ‘no,’ and I have never misused my position to harm or hinder anyone’s career.”
Six women told the magazine that Mr Moonves sexually harassed them, between the 1980s and the late 2000s.
Four described forcible touching or kissing during business meetings. Two of the women said that Mr Moonves physically intimidated them or threatened to derail their careers.
All said that he became cold or hostile after they rejected his advances, and that they believed their careers suffered as a result. “What happened to me was a sexual assault, and then I was fired for not participating,” said Illeana Douglas, an actress and writer. She told her former partner Martin Scorsese about the encounter, he confirmed, and he cautioned her about possible fallout from taking legal action.
Janet Jones, another writer, said she had to physically shove him off her after he kissed her at a business meeting.
“He has gotten away with it for decades,” she said. “And it’s just not ok.”
Thirty former and current CBS employees said that, under Mr Moonves, a culture of harassment pervaded.
“It’s top down, this culture of older men who have all this power and you are nothing,” one veteran producer told the magazine. “The company is shielding lots of bad behaviour.”
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Well I’m sure that Mr. “Moon”ves shorts will be in a knot after the legal filings. No doubt with the $70 million he gets paid per year he’ll be well able to afford a high priced lawyer; to make the ‘cheekiness’ go away.
Cheers
Hans Rupprecht, Commander in Chief
1st Saint Nicolaas Army
Army Group ‘True North’
And Clinton actually raped several women…….not one word
Moonves has been skipping all those HR seminars on sexual harassment? Those classes are just for the Lawyers to use when defending the CEO?
“… the torpedoes the Democrats put in the water keep circling back…” Boy, oh boy, that is one beautiful analogy! Priceless! Richard nails the leftist scum with that one.
That is quite a listing of leftist hypocrite perverts.
Hypocrites about poverty, Russia, immigration, protecting women, corporatism, labour, ethics, integrity, liberalism …
This too? No surprise whatsoever. That should be their hashtag – UsToo.
Would Hillary have launched the #meetoo movement? My scumbag husband-in-name-only is the First Lady diddler of sexual harassment. Would SHE have gone on an apology tour … on behalf of HER First Douche’bag?
Hollywood is owned and operated by and for the benefit of unscrupulous, (invariably) hideously ugly men who would have no way to slake their lust for young women and boys in anything resembling an honest profession. They’re glorified pimps.
BCer666…ewe reading here, so I won’t mention that Moonves is Jewish, like about 75% of metoo’ers
Unsatisfied by their JAP’s, no doubt. Squeeze out a couple of heirs … and the bat cave gets sealed shut. Not just a Joo ish phenomenon
Source for your numbers?
Leslie should try the Justin Turdeau excuse: “Uh I, uh don’t recall any negative interactions.”
Or The Bill Clinton response: “I didn’t have sex with those women.”
I’m sure “progressive” women will buy it
The #MeToo movement is a fascinating glimpse into the Left’s world: They assumed it would torpedo the Right, as you put it, because they can’t imagine that anyone is less corrupt, abusive, or vile than themselves.
Both sides have their problem figures – it’s human nature, and inevitable – but somehow, the really terrible people almost invariably seem to end up on the Left, and they are somehow always shocked by this.
Moonves was a VP of NBC Sports before going to CBS…..When he left he bequeathed his harem to his friends
The Networks in the 80’s & 90’s had users & the used @ all levels
Umm…. #=pound in America, like “I’ll take 20# of those potatoes, please.”
Every time i see a # symbol followed by metoo, I giggle-snort!