“NBC has fired its leading morning news anchor Matt Lauer over sexual harassment allegations,” the New York Times reports.
A memo said it was the first complaint lodged against Lauer, but that “we were also presented with reason to believe this my not have been an isolated” incident.
Lauer’s dismissal was seized upon by President Trump, who asked in a tweet when executives at NBC would “be fired for putting out so much fake news.”
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