HBO Drops Halperin-Linked Project As Another Accuser Comes Forward

[DonViejo]

Source: Talking Points Memo




By ESME CRIBB Published OCTOBER 26, 2017 6:01 PM

HBO on Thursday announced that it will not move forward with a project connected to prominent political journalist Mark Halperin’s co-authored book on the 2016 election, as another woman came forward to accuse Halperin of sexual misconduct.

“HBO is no longer proceeding with the project tied to the untitled book co-authored by Mark Halperin and John Heilemann on the 2016 Presidential election,” the network told CNN in a statement. “HBO has no tolerance for sexual harassment within the company or its productions.”

Five women on Wednesday told CNN that Halperin sexually harassed them while he was working at ABC News. Three of those women accused Halperin of pressing his genitals against them without consent.

Emily Miller, a conservative reporter, tweeted “#MeToo” of the allegations against Halperin.

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[PoliticAverse]

1. "HBO has no tolerance for sexual harassment within the company or its productions."

We'll see how true that turns out to be.

[meadowlander]

19. Snort...

they've all but admitted they have an "Executive Producer in Charge of Tits" on Game of Thrones.

[Dustlawyer]

2. As if there were not enough reasons to dislike this POS!

This one takes the cake! He has always been one of the conservative personal responsibility jerks when it comes to other's personal responsibility.

Victim card being played in three...two... one.

[Hortensis]

16. Yes. All the Morning Joe regulars are slimedogs who

sold out whatever principles they had long ago. And, of course, the show is very popular with inside-the-beltway types.

A real journalist with the WaPo was on...Rachel? the other day and, although otherwise speaking delicately, came right out and stated flatly her belief that the Republican Party that once was no longer exists.

While we were waiting for it to implode, it was taken over.

The problem is that Republican voters, who have no idea who's now controlling them, where they're being lead and what they're enabling--but are loyal nevertheless, do still exist.

[yallerdawg]

3. The news here is...

HBO has standards?

[Honeycombe8]

4. Sedate, low key, intellectual Halperin?

This one's hard to believe. Is it possible they're conservative, out to kill his book about the 2016 election? Just wondering if it's possible, only because I've watched him for years, and it's hard to accept it because of what he seemed to be.

I guess when there are five, that's pretty definitive. Wow. I'm so disappointed. I totally misread him, if this is true.

[7962]

5. I'd like to see the clip Miller references.

Maybe I can find it on google

[Honeycombe8]

6. I don't see that she refs a clip. ??? You mean the tweet she responded to? nt

[7962]

8. She mentions the way he pressed her on a "Morning Joe" appearance; I found it

Hope this copies over. Having watched him many times on this show, this is definitely NOT the norm for his appearances when questioning others. he does not like her.
https://www.mediaite.com/online/metoo-conservative-pundit-emily-miller-joins-women-accusing-mark-halperin-of-sexual-harassment/

[Honeycombe8]

9. I see no meaning in that. He's not hugging her or anything.

He's holding her feet to the fire on an issue, calling out her inconsistent position. It's not personal. It's a typical political argument.

[7962]

12. If you've seen him on MJ regularly, this just isn't his style.

Its not an "attack"on this woman, its just obviously different than his usual interrogations. I remember when that was on wondering what bug got up his butt. No smiles or anything. Normally he's non-combative in his questioning. Now, you may not think he's being that way and thats perfectly fine. Stuff like this can be seen different ways by different people.
I doubt anything official will happen to him, as in charges, but I imagine he's lost his upcoming deals that he had in the works

[Honeycombe8]

14. I've been watching him on MJ for years. This was his beard phase. He did act a little differently.

He did act a little differently during that time.

In MJ, he's usually being asked to give his opinion, and he might have a discussion with another pundit. This woman was no pundit. She was a conservative that he was questioning about something, so that's a different dynamic. He wasn't letting her get away with vague answers or not answering at all.

[7962]

17. "Beard phase"! HAA!!! I never thought of that; you're right

That made me laugh
And now that you mention it, I've had a couple friends who did act differently after they grew a beard too

[Honeycombe8]

18. I just remember that Mika gave him a hard time about the beard.

She didn't think it looked good. I agreed with her. I also noticed that he acted a little differently, but I don't remember how. So maybe he was going thru something personal at the time. He apparently has some real problems.

I was hoping he didn't do these assaults & harassments, but he's issued a statement of apology. Wow. He was apparently really sicko.

[Madam45for2923]

7. Weird how we are not hearing a lot about Mark Halperin in the news today! WTH?

[Honeycombe8]

10. Well, there are so many men being accused right now.

And he's not a big famous director or anything. It's been on the news and made the rounds and tweeted about, etc.

[Madam45for2923]

11. Mika Brzezinski called Mark Halperin "our friend" but she was sure Hillary Clinton knew about Harvey

Mika Brzezinski called Mark Halperin "our friend" but she was sure Hillary Clinton knew about Harvey Weinstein. Weird how that works out.

Link to tweet

[7962]

13. Seeing as how the top Dems were warned about Weinstein, its an easy assumption.

The Clintons best friend in Hollywood, Linda Thomason, warned those in charge of fundraising about dealing with him. Don't think she also mentioned it to her good friends? I really don't see the plausible deniability

[Honeycombe8]

15. Are you Sean Kent? nt