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Media telling CNN and media to basically "tune it out" is what you get with those who feign principle, until it's one of their "champions". A Canadian paper called out, at that.
I've already read people online telling people to go "Toobin themselves". His name has become a verb in short order.
Several media outlets are raising eyebrows for offering what appears to be defenses of CNN star Jeffrey Toobin, who is taking time off from the network after he was suspended from The New Yorker for allegedly masturbating during a Zoom call with colleagues.
Toronto Star columnist Vinay Menon wrote that Toobin "didn't cover himself in glory ‒ or regrettably, anything else ‒ in that fateful Zoom call, but CNN and his country need him."
"Now, look. I do not want to minimize any possible trauma experienced by anyone on that video chat... But we need to keep perspective. We need to see the big picture," Menon wrote. "Granted, there are few things more unprofessional than masturbating during a company meeting. Toobin is a lawyer. His judgment is now suspect. I get it. All I'm saying is we need to forget this ever happened. Block it out."
Menon urged The New Yorker to "end this investigation" into Toobin's misconduct and for CNN to "rescind" his leave of absence since "his service is urgently required."
"Here’s the thing: I don’t care if Jeffrey Toobin has demons. I don’t care if he’s a weirdo or a pervert. I don’t care if he fondles himself 20 times a day while wearing a sun hat and listening to Mozart," the Toronto Star columnist continued. "What I care about is his brain and his analytic skills. He made an embarrassingly stupid mistake. Let’s leave it at that and get on with saving America."
The Hill media reporter Joe Concha called such defenses "the very best of unintentional comedy."
"The Toronto Star argues we need Jeffrey Toobin? Pretty sure there isn't a shortage of partisan attorneys on TV," Concha singled out the Canadian newspaper to Fox News.
I've already read people online telling people to go "Toobin themselves". His name has become a verb in short order.
Media outlets offer bizarre defenses for CNN star Jeffrey Toobin amid masturbation scandal
Several media outlets are raising eyebrows for offering what appears to be defenses of CNN star Jeffrey Toobin, who is taking time off from the network after he was suspended from The New Yorker for allegedly masturbating during a Zoom call with colleagues.
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Several media outlets are raising eyebrows for offering what appears to be defenses of CNN star Jeffrey Toobin, who is taking time off from the network after he was suspended from The New Yorker for allegedly masturbating during a Zoom call with colleagues.
Toronto Star columnist Vinay Menon wrote that Toobin "didn't cover himself in glory ‒ or regrettably, anything else ‒ in that fateful Zoom call, but CNN and his country need him."
"Now, look. I do not want to minimize any possible trauma experienced by anyone on that video chat... But we need to keep perspective. We need to see the big picture," Menon wrote. "Granted, there are few things more unprofessional than masturbating during a company meeting. Toobin is a lawyer. His judgment is now suspect. I get it. All I'm saying is we need to forget this ever happened. Block it out."
Menon urged The New Yorker to "end this investigation" into Toobin's misconduct and for CNN to "rescind" his leave of absence since "his service is urgently required."
"Here’s the thing: I don’t care if Jeffrey Toobin has demons. I don’t care if he’s a weirdo or a pervert. I don’t care if he fondles himself 20 times a day while wearing a sun hat and listening to Mozart," the Toronto Star columnist continued. "What I care about is his brain and his analytic skills. He made an embarrassingly stupid mistake. Let’s leave it at that and get on with saving America."
The Hill media reporter Joe Concha called such defenses "the very best of unintentional comedy."
"The Toronto Star argues we need Jeffrey Toobin? Pretty sure there isn't a shortage of partisan attorneys on TV," Concha singled out the Canadian newspaper to Fox News.