A similar button exists or at least recently existed in the office of.
Matt lauer office door lock.
The mechanism was a.
Former nbc news anchor matt lauer denied that his office has a secret button that could trap unsuspecting women inside his office two years after the claim sent shock waves through the media industry.
Lauer fired on wednesday amid allegations of sexual misconduct didn t install the button that enabled him to lock his office door automatically from his desk it turns out.
A detail in the news reports of lauer s workplace conduct animated the narrative.
About that secret button in matt lauer s office the anchor s door locking mechanism acts as a particularly vivid metaphor for the amount of power and protection many influential men enjoy.
The washington post also looked into the button and after talking to people familiar with 30 rockefeller center s offices learned that the button locked the door but only from the outside for situations such as a shooting.
Matt lauer used a button under his desk at nbc to lock his office door from the inside after inviting in women variety reported.
Nbc fired lauer on wednesday after the network received a.
And really problematic for nbc news management variety s report includes a description of lauer s secluded office with its button under his desk allowing him to lock his door from the inside.
Joy s reaction to that might make ya pause the next time you walk into someone s office.
This takes us back to the original variety report which didn t necessarily say that lauer was trapping women in his office.
As we told you one of lauer s accusers claims he had a button under his desk to secretly lock his office door.