{"id":68603,"date":"2021-06-10T18:42:21","date_gmt":"2021-06-10T22:42:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=68603"},"modified":"2021-06-10T18:42:21","modified_gmt":"2021-06-10T22:42:21","slug":"absolutely-no-shame-for-these-media-crime-syndicates-and-their-cultural-marxists-presstitutes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=68603","title":{"rendered":"Absolutely no shame for these media crime syndicates and their cultural marxists presstitutes"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><strong>CNN&#8217;s Jeffrey Toobin addresses Zoom masturbation scandal in awkward return to network: &#8216;I wasn&#8217;t thinking&#8217;<\/strong><\/h1>\n<h3>Toobin calls New Yorker firing him &#8216;excessive,&#8217; says he&#8217;s &#8216;incredibly grateful&#8217; to CNN for keeping him<\/h3>\n<p><!--more-->By David Rutz | Fox News<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin returned to the airwaves Thursday for the first time since his embarrassing\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/more-details-emerge-in-jeffrey-toobin-zoom-masturbation-scandal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Zoom masturbation incident<\/a>\u00a0in October, thanking the liberal network for not firing him and saying he felt the New Yorker&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/jeffrey-toobin-fired-by-new-yorker-magazine-following-zoom-call-masturbation-controversy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">termination<\/a> of\u00a0him was excessive.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Toobin,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/jeffrey-toobin-fired-by-new-yorker-magazine-following-zoom-call-masturbation-controversy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">who was swiftly fired<\/a>\u00a0from The New Yorker last year for his conduct, listened as daytime anchor Alisyn Camerota had the painfully awkward &#8220;honors&#8221; of describing what happened and its consequences. Toobin was witnessed by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/cnn-brian-stelter-jeffrey-toobin-masturbation-accident\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">colleagues exposing himself<\/a>\u00a0and masturbating on a staff Zoom call, leading to widespread ridicule of the veteran journalist.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What the hell were you thinking?&#8221; Camerota asked during the in-person interview, not a Zoom one.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/jeffrey-toobin-fired-by-new-yorker-magazine-following-zoom-call-masturbation-controversy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>CNN SILENT AS JEFFREY TOOBIN HAS HAD \u2018TIME OFF\u2019 FOR SIX MONTHS FOLLOWING ZOOM MASTURBATION SCANDAL<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Well, obviously, I wasn&#8217;t thinking very well or very much, and it was something that was inexplicable to me. I think one point &#8212; I wouldn&#8217;t exactly say in my defense, because nothing is really in my defense. I didn&#8217;t think I was on the call. I didn&#8217;t think other people could see me,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You thought that you had turned off your camera?&#8221; she asked.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-media twitter\">\n<div class=\"tweet-embed\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2hvcml6b25fdHdlZXRfZW1iZWRfOTU1NSI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJodGUiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3R3ZWV0X2VtYmVkX2NsaWNrYWJpbGl0eV8xMjEwMiI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJjb250cm9sIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH19&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=true&amp;id=1403061093824708611&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fmedia%2Fcnns-jeffrey-toobin-addresses-zoom-masturbation-scandal-awkward-return&amp;sessionId=9ad3c3caeea7615744ab73b41f320d6197739ad3&amp;siteScreenName=foxnews&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=82e1070%3A1619632193066&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1403061093824708611\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Correct. I thought that I had turned off the Zoom call. Now, that&#8217;s not a defense. This was deeply moronic and indefensible. But I mean, that is part of the story. And you know, I have spent the seven subsequent months, miserable months in my life, I can certainly confess, trying to be a better person,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Toobin said he had done volunteer work and had repeatedly apologized to his colleagues. He said he felt lucky to still be with CNN, who he first joined in 2002.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/jeffrey-toobin-return-cnn-masturbation-scandal-insiders\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>JEFFREY TOOBIN WILL \u2018PROBABLY\u2019 RETURN TO CNN AFTER MASTURBATION SCANDAL DIES DOWN, INSIDERS SAY<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container tablet ad-h-50 ad-w-300\">\n<div id=\"tablet_tw-art-media-lb4\" class=\"ad gam\" data-iu=\"lb4\" data-ad-size=\"728x90,300x250,320x50,300x50,fluid,1x1\" data-ad-lz=\"1\" data-hot-unit=\"\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Camerota, noting Toobin had covered the &#8220;sexual proclivities&#8221; of such public figures as Bill Clinton and Anthony Weiner, wondered why he hadn&#8217;t demonstrated better judgment. She also asked how those on the call might have felt to see him exposed like that.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-media twitter\">\n<div class=\"tweet-embed\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-1\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-1&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2hvcml6b25fdHdlZXRfZW1iZWRfOTU1NSI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJodGUiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3R3ZWV0X2VtYmVkX2NsaWNrYWJpbGl0eV8xMjEwMiI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJjb250cm9sIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH19&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=true&amp;id=1403061811826540551&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fmedia%2Fcnns-jeffrey-toobin-addresses-zoom-masturbation-scandal-awkward-return&amp;sessionId=9ad3c3caeea7615744ab73b41f320d6197739ad3&amp;siteScreenName=foxnews&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=82e1070%3A1619632193066&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1403061811826540551\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Because I&#8217;m a flawed human being who makes mistakes, and you know, there is no defense for my conduct,&#8221; he said. &#8220;The only issue is what should be the consequences, and the &#8216;New Yorker&#8217; made one decision about the consequences. CNN made a different decision, fortunately, for which I&#8217;m very grateful, but I am not going to come up here and, you know, split hairs and try to come up with justifications or explanations. It was wrong. It was stupid. And I&#8217;m trying to be a better person.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Toobin claimed The New Yorker&#8217;s investigation before its firing found no other complaints against him, although this wasn&#8217;t his only sex scandal.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2012\/02\/19\/nyregion\/in-casey-greenfields-personal-custody-fight-the-makings-of-a-public-expert.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>Toobin fathered a\u00a0child<\/u><\/a>\u00a0in 2009 with Casey Greenfield, the daughter of Toobin&#8217;s onetime CNN colleague Jeff Greenfield.<\/p>\n<p>Toobin urged Greenfield to have an abortion and was later taken to court after he denied the child was his. Toobin was forced to take a DNA test which proved that he was the child&#8217;s biological father and was ordered to pay child support.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/msnbc-rachel-maddow-chris-hayes-cnn-jeffrey-toobin-masturbation\"><strong><u>MSNBC&#8217;S MADDOW, HAYES APPEAR TO LAUGH AT CNN&#8217;S JEFFREY TOOBIN<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Do you think \u2026 that the punishment fits the crime?&#8221; Camerota asked of his firing.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am the worst person to ask that question,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I mean, obviously, I love The New Yorker. I loved working there. I felt like I was a very good contributor to that magazine for a very long time, and I thought this punishment was excessive, but look, you know, that&#8217;s why they don&#8217;t ask the criminal to be the judge in his own case. I mean, I thought it was an excessive punishment. I&#8217;m incredibly grateful to CNN for taking me back.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Toobin eventually addressed Supreme Court issues, including liberal pressure on Justice Stephen Breyer to retire.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Jeffrey, many of us have really missed having your legal analysis to guide us on our programs, so let me be the first to welcome you back,&#8221; Camerota said.<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/cnns-jeffrey-toobin-addresses-zoom-masturbation-scandal-awkward-return\">https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/cnns-jeffrey-toobin-addresses-zoom-masturbation-scandal-awkward-return<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CNN&#8217;s Jeffrey Toobin addresses Zoom masturbation scandal in awkward return to network: &#8216;I wasn&#8217;t thinking&#8217; Toobin calls New Yorker firing him &#8216;excessive,&#8217; says he&#8217;s &#8216;incredibly grateful&#8217; to CNN for keeping him<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-68603","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68603","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=68603"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68603\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=68603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=68603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=68603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}