Mark Halperin sexually harassed 5 women at ABC news

[underpants]

http://money.cnn.com/2017/10/25/media/mark-halperin-sexual-harassment-allegations/index.html


Veteran journalist Mark Halperin sexually harassed women while he was in a powerful position at ABC News, according to five women who shared their previously undisclosed accounts with CNN and others who did not experience the alleged harassment personally, but were aware of it.

"During this period, I did pursue relationships with women that I worked with, including some junior to me," Halperin said in a statement to CNN Wednesday night. "I now understand from these accounts that my behavior was inappropriate and caused others pain. For that, I am deeply sorry and I apologize. Under the circumstances, I'm going to take a step back from my day-to-day work while I properly deal with this situation."

But women who spoke to CNN say he also had a dark side not made public until now. The stories of harassment shared with CNN range in nature from propositioning employees for sex to kissing and grabbing one's breasts against her will. Three of the women who spoke to CNN described Halperin as, without consent, pressing an erection against their bodies while he was clothed. Halperin denies grabbing a woman's breasts and pressing his genitals against the three women.

[abbeyco]

1. Hope his sorry ass gets canned from MSNBC

Maybe while Mika is working on everyone's 'value', she'll discover the value of the victims. Ugh.

[underpants]

2. I just added another article paragraph

Eeeeeewww

[Initech]

3. WTF is going on with these people?

[abbeyco]

5. Male Privilege and nothing more - been that way for ages. nt

[JI7]

8. same thing that's always gone on. only difference is more people are speaking out

[boston bean]

4. He has always been a woman hating pos,imho.

[LenaBaby61]

15. "He has always been a woman hating pos, imho."

AND a tRumputin fan boy. Same type of behavior as his buddy tRump

[dalton99a]

19. The creep factor goes off the chart in that pic

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

25. Seriously... two peas in a pod.

[LenaBaby61]

42. "The creep factor goes off the chart in that pic."

Boy, you can say that again. Both look disgustingly creepy.

[riversedge]

69. no nooz. trumpy did not give him a red hat!

[dhill926]

6. this country is a fucking cesspool....

all this just the tip of the iceberg...

[whathehell]

58. Sexual harrassement happens everywhere..

In the UK they call them "sex pests"..

[Skittles]

7. "I now understand my behavior was inappropriate"

make no mistake, these perverts ALWAYS know their behavior is wrong

[Tatiana]

14. That line got me too. Exactly when did the light bulb turn on?

With the threat of possible lawsuits....?

This environment of viewing women as objects or personal playthings explains why some men were comfortable voting for a sexual predator over a competent, experienced female.

[Guilded Lilly]

64. Yeah. Light bulb moment...When the women made it public.

Those males who sexually harass or abuse females won’t EVER admit responsibly or accountability for their repulsive behavior until they are caught, called on it or exposed for the foul slime balls they are.

Hopefully the publicity that is sure to snowball now (because there is daily, hourly the same rotten to the core enabling and gender-privileged abuse happening EVERYWHERE, every age, every station in life) will encourage not only the female victims to speak out and refuse to accept these vomitus violations but will also spark the multitude of honorable males to deny enabling this foul behavior of their gender.

“Boys will be boys” sexual behavior has got to disappear in our culture.

[cwydro]

37. Yes.

And yuck.

[LenaBaby61]

44. "I now understand my behavior was inappropriate"

He didn't blame Hillary for his inappropriate behavior You know, because she ran such a hideous campaign and all

Meanwhile, his buddy tRumputin was running a "stellar" campaign.

[whathehell]

72. Of course..

That statement is something he would be smirking about were it said by someone else .

[Mediumsizedhand]

73. +1. Difference is, the women are not staying quiet about it.

[lapfog_1]

9. always figured there was something creepy about him -n/t

[BootinUp]

10. Wow. Another asshole revealed. Nt

[StevieM]

11. Halperin was the one who first declared, right after the election, that HRC ran a bad campaign.

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Then the rest of the media started looking for details to back up the narrative. Most of the details are made-up nonsense.

In reality, HRC ran a great race. But the corrupt officials at the FBI made it impossible for her to win.

[Stallion]

12. Listen to Eddie Rabbitt Guys

First Step:

[brush]

13. Ok MSNBC, let's see how long before you fire this sexual harrasser. Don't take too long.

[Leghorn21]

16. Mark enjoying better times:

[SunSeeker]

33. Vomitous.

[Tatiana]

17. He is a loathesome creature. When Dana Milbank calls you out, you must be awful.

“Morning Joe” has come in for a large share of criticism for cheering on the rise of Trump. And contributor Halperin’s praise for Trump’s tactical genius has been particularly soulless.

In March, Halperin declared on “Morning Joe” that Trump is “one of the two most talented presidential candidates any of us have covered.” In January, also on “Morning Joe,” he said Trump’s attacks on the Clintons were “politically brilliant.”

In June on his Bloomberg TV show, “With All Due Respect,” Halperin asserted that “it’s not racial” for Trump to attempt to disqualify an Indiana-born federal judge as a “Mexican” because of his ancestry. His reason: “Mexico isn’t a race.”

When Trump named Stephen Bannon to head his campaign, coverage noted the publisher’s strong ties to the racist alt-right. Halperin argued that Bannon “should not have let himself be so defined by others. The guy’s got an impressive résumé.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-lap-dogs-of-democracy-who-didnt-bark-at-trump/2016/10/24/26ba3418-9a28-11e6-9980-50913d68eacb_story.html?postshare=4431477393520210&tid=ss_tw&utm_term=.e8dd917113a7

Karma, I hope you visit all of these Trump enablers and give them exactly what they deserve.

[underpants]

51. I have to been able to stand him for a long time

He's a dick.

[stopbush]

18. I have long hated this smarmy asshole.

I hope he goes away now.

[nolabear]

20. Remember, every #MeToo has at least one and often many perps.

Yeah not all men yaddayadda but damn well more than most people will easily believe.

[dalton99a]

21. Mark Halperin joins the pantheon of famous sexual offenders.

Nice

[Hassin Bin Sober]

22. Isn't he the one who called Obama a name? Like asshole or something?

And then had to apologize.

[dalton99a]

23. He called Obama a dick

[Hassin Bin Sober]

26. Ahh that's it!!!

[grantcart]

34. I always refer.to him as "Dick Halperin".

People will correct me and say "No his name is Mark" and I say, "No he is a dick".

[BainsBane]

24. POS

[rusty fender]

27. I remember learning from this website

that Halperin is gay.

[whathehell]

28. Seems not..

All the allegations were from women and he does have a new baby with his live in girlfriend.

[rusty fender]

71. My bad.

I'm a

[CTyankee]

29. I remember working with his dad, Mort, who was a Nixon appointee working at the Pentagon

in D.C. At the time I was working in the antiwar movement at the national office of the ACLU. Mort was a good guy, a convert from the Nixon Administration.He talked about his son Mark and his two brothers. I never experienced any inappropriate behavior from Mort, so this surprises me. WTH?

[winstars]

30. HE'S THE DICK!!!! HAHAHA FUCK YOU

[mchill]

31. Was watching him on MJ

Talking about Weinstein and I took a mental note, at the time, he seemed uncomfortable.

[OnDoutside]

36. Yes, good point. You're right about that.

[Bigredhunk]

32. -

Mark Halperin is kind of a dick.

[OnDoutside]

35. I'm delighted but shocked.

Delighted that my instincts were right about him being a wanker. Shocked that he had the energy to be so physical, he always seemed to be too lethargic to be so "active". However, he was sooo smarmy, he always seemed at the point of licking himself.

Morning Joe should be interesting.... If they have the guts to mention it.

[cwydro]

38. All these guys are always so ugly.

Wtf is up with that?

[OnDoutside]

40. It's not your opinion of them, it's their opinion of themselves that seems to be the problem.

[cwydro]

70. Good point.

And I know it’s wrong of me to comment on their looks (or lack thereof), but it does seem to be a common denominator.

[oasis]

39. He should be toast as far as MSNBC is concerned.

[OnDoutside]

41. They'll be savaged if they don't.

[oasis]

43. He has never added anything to Joe/Mika's already dull show.

.......

[OnDoutside]

45. I agree. He only bats down negative comment about Trump or the Reps.

[oasis]

46. "Morning Joe" coming up right now, 6:00 est. let's see if he appears.

[OnDoutside]

48. Looks like they have some fill-in from the Washington Examiner, as cover.

[oasis]

49. Barnicle and Willy seem to have a little more elbow room.

[OnDoutside]

53. That was about baseball though ! ;)

[oasis]

54. Mika with 15 second mention about Halprin's "situation".

[OnDoutside]

55. A wait-and-see statement. Mika wasn't too much of the Champion of Women in the Workplace....

[OnDoutside]

47. They're not too jokey this morning, on MJ ....

[SoCalDem]

50. The first time I ever saw him on TV, I thought smarmy

I was right...good riddance

[Botany]

52. From wiki

"On June 30, 2011, Halperin was suspended from his duties at MSNBC for "slurring" President Barack Obama on the program Morning Joe, saying the President came off as "kind of a dick" during the previous day's press conference. His suspension was lifted a little over
a month later."

Both Joe and Mika laughed as he said that.

[madaboutharry]

56. Mika addressed it this morning on Morning Joe

She just reported the story broke overnight, told the facts available now, and said that they will be following the story as information comes out.

The behind the scenes discussions on the set this morning must be very interesting.

[BeyondGeography]

57. Sorry for the victims

Delighted to see Halperin suffer. He is a smug sellout.

[Madam45for2923]

59. No wonder he thought Donald was just dreamy!

[PearliePoo2]

60. Three women said he pressed his erection against their bodies...

What is it about men that they think this would be a 'turn on' for any woman? I just don't get how they think this would be impressive in any way. So freakin' clueless.

I'm glad he got busted and I hope to never see his crooked smirk on MSNBC again. I hope he gets sued into oblivion. (I do feel bad for his infant son)

K&R

[yardwork]

62. Theyre not trying to attract women. Theyre trying to dominate.

Sexual assaults are ways to attack and dominate prey. Victims feel violated because they ARE violated. That’s the intention of the predator.

[OnDoutside]

63. If's 3 (or 5), you'd have to imagine there are a lot more than that. This is a lot more than being

pissed or coked out of one's head, and making a fool out of himself on ONE occasion. This is a repeated series of events. Did it all stop 10 years ago, or is this just the beginning ?

[Justice]

66. This sickens me.

[OnDoutside]

61. Good on, Joy !

Joy Reid‏Verified account @JoyAnnReid · 7h7 hours ago

The rot keeps rolling...

Link to tweet

[Guilded Lilly]

65. Bravo Joy! Rot is the perfect term n/t

[OnDoutside]

67. What are the odds on similar slimy toads being outted soon ?

My money is on Matt Schlapp.

[Madam45for2923]

68. Republicans better run to return any money donated by MH. We are waiting for Donald 2 say something

[maxrandb]

74. He sounds like scum, but

I'm more concerned with the assault these pricks did against Hillary Clinton throughout 2016.

Kind of explains why the fucking MSM seemed to have such a "hard-on" for Clinton, doesn't it?

I'm sure this prick, who believed that women were his to be groped and abused, was "fair" to Clinton.

Fuck faces gave us Trump because they just couldn't handle a strong independent woman.

Fuck them all!!!!!!!!