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'Today' suspends Billy Bush after Trump tape fallout
NEW YORK — NBC's Today has suspended co-anchor Billy Bush indefinitely, pending "further review" of his involvement with Donald Trump in a 2005 videotape in which Trump, egged on by Bush, made crude comments about women.
A memo to sent to Today staffers Sunday evening by the morning show's producer, Noah Oppenheim, and obtained by a source at NBC News who wasn't authorized to speak publicly about the matter, acknowledged staffers have "all been deeply troubled" by the tape, which surfaced internally Monday but was first published by The Washington Post four days later. The revelation sent shock waves through the presidential campaign and proved an embarrassment to NBC.
"Let me be clear: There is simply no excuse for Billy's language and behavior on that tape," Oppenheim wrote. After telling reporters Saturday that Bush would appear on the show Monday to apologize, the network changed its mind. "NBC has decided to suspend Billy pending further review of this matter," Oppenheim wrote.
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'Today' suspends Billy Bush after Trump tape fallout
NEW YORK — NBC's Today has suspended co-anchor Billy Bush indefinitely, pending "further review" of his involvement with Donald Trump in a 2005 videotape in which Trump, egged on by Bush, made crude comments about women.
A memo to sent to Today staffers Sunday evening by the morning show's producer, Noah Oppenheim, and obtained by a source at NBC News who wasn't authorized to speak publicly about the matter, acknowledged staffers have "all been deeply troubled" by the tape, which surfaced internally Monday but was first published by The Washington Post four days later. The revelation sent shock waves through the presidential campaign and proved an embarrassment to NBC.
"Let me be clear: There is simply no excuse for Billy's language and behavior on that tape," Oppenheim wrote. After telling reporters Saturday that Bush would appear on the show Monday to apologize, the network changed its mind. "NBC has decided to suspend Billy pending further review of this matter," Oppenheim wrote.
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