US broadcast giant NBC announced Wednesday it has sacked its star morning news anchor Matt Lauer, making him the latest American media and entertainment titan to fall over allegations of sexual misconduct. Lauer's co-host Savannah Guthrie announced his termination on air, at the beginning of the "Today" show. "This is a sad morning here at 'Today' and at NBC News," Guthrie said.
Lauer, 59, is a household name for American television viewers as one of the best known faces on popular early morning news shows for many years. The network said it fired him after receiving a detailed account from one of Lauer's colleagues of what it called inappropriate sexual behaviour on the job. Lauer thus joins the ranks of other giants of American film, television and journalism who have fallen amid allegations of sexual misconduct, harassment or assault in a groundswell of outrage that began weeks ago with a flood of charges against movie mogul Harvey Weinstein.
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