The Untold Truth Of Tom Brokaw

In 2017 and 2018, the Me Too movement rocked America. Countless individuals came forward to detail the demeaning and hostile treatment, often of a sexual nature, that they'd endured from men in positions of power, particularly in the workforce. The Me Too shift directly led to the end of the careers of Hollywood players like Harvey Weinstein, Kevin Spacey, and Louis C.K., and it also shook up the TV news world, with Matt Lauer and Charlie Rose left unemployed.

Tom Brokaw was also accused of inappropriate conduct by multiple women. In May 2018, journalist Mary Reinholz told The Villager that in 1968, Brokaw helped her with a story, and she met up with him to say thanks. "We talked and then, abruptly, he was embracing me and giving me a French kiss," Reinholz wrote (via ABC News). "I pulled away, reminding him that he was married and a tryst was out of the question." Linda Vester, a former NBC News correspondent, told Variety in 2018 that in the 1990s, Brokaw twice attempted to force her into a kiss, groped her in a conference room, and tried to get into her hotel room on one occasion.

In an email to his NBC News co-workers (published by The Hollywood Reporter), Brokaw dismissed the allegations, claiming that he was virtually "ambushed and then perp walked" and that he was "angry, hurt and unmoored" over being held up as "an avatar of male misogyny."

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