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Just two days after entertainment magazine Variety published former NBC correspondent Linda Vester’s sexual harassment allegations against NBC legend Tom Brokaw, more than 60 women from the network signed their names to a letter defending his character. But on Tuesday, it was revealed that NBC had put tremendous pressure on the women to sign the letter. On Unfiltered that evening, host S.E. Cupp ripped into them for rushing to his defense before an additional two women had spoken out.
Cupp began the segment by accurately pointing out that the story was going largely underreported by the national media despite the advances of the #MeToo movement. She noted that in Brokaw’s defense statement he admitted to possibly trying to kiss his accuser but not in the way she had claimed. “Against the backdrop of our year-long eye-opening national education on sexual harassment, this admission should have been reason enough to approach this story with seriousness and concern,” she argued.
“Instead, his colleagues, female colleagues mind you, have inexplicably rushed to his defense. Big mistake,” Cupp declared. She processed to call out Brokaw’s female defenders for claiming to know how he acted when many of them didn’t even work for NBC at the time:
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