This takes us back to the original variety report which didn t necessarily say that lauer was trapping women in his office.
Matt lauer office door lock.
As we told you one of lauer s accusers claims he had a button under his desk to secretly lock his office door.
A similar button exists or at least recently existed in the office of.
The washington post also looked into the button and after talking to people familiar with 30 rockefeller center s offices learned that the button locked the door but only from the outside for situations such as a shooting.
The mechanism was a.
About that secret button in matt lauer s office the anchor s door locking mechanism acts as a particularly vivid metaphor for the amount of power and protection many influential men enjoy.
A detail in the news reports of lauer s workplace conduct animated the narrative.
Nbc fired lauer on wednesday after the network received a.
Former nbc news anchor matt lauer denied that his office has a secret button that could trap unsuspecting women inside his office two years after the claim sent shock waves through the media industry.
His office was in a secluded space and he had a button under his desk that allowed him to lock his door from.
Matt lauer used a button under his desk at nbc to lock his office door from the inside after inviting in women variety reported.
Joy s reaction to that might make ya pause the next time you walk into someone s office.
Lauer fired on wednesday amid allegations of sexual misconduct didn t install the button that enabled him to lock his office door automatically from his desk it turns out.