Hours after veteran journalist Charlie Rose was accused of sexual misconduct by nearly a dozen women, his “CBS This Morning” co-anchors Gayle King and Norah O’Donnell addressed the situation today, calling for an end to the alleged behavior from Rose or anyone else in a position of power.
O’Donnell applauded the “courage” of these women to come forward with their stories in both The Washington Post and Business Insider, then took a moment for a “frank and honest assessment.”
“Let me be very clear, there is no excuse for this alleged behavior,” she said. “It is systematic and pervasive and I’ve been doing a lot of listening … Women cannot achieve equality in the workplace or in society until there is a reckoning and a taking of responsibility … This will be investigated, this has to end, this behavior is wrong.”
“This is a moment that demands a frank and honest assessment about where we stand and more generally the safety of women. Let me be very clear. There is no excuse for this alleged behavior. It is systematic and pervasive and I’ve been doing a lot of listening.” — @NorahODonnell pic.twitter.com/9P69QN7spu
— CBS This Morning (@CBSThisMorning)
King joined O’Donnell, saying she was “still reeling” from the news and that Rose “doesn’t get a pass” here.
“I got an hour and 42 minutes of sleep last night, both my son and my daughter called me. Oprah called me and said, ‘Are you OK?’ I am not OK. After reading that article in The Post, it was deeply disturbing,” she said.
“I’ve held [Charlie] in such high regard and I’m really struggling because how do you — what do…
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