#Jeffrey toobin zoom video buzzfeed trial#
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In my personal life, I have found that Zoom calls can create a deeper sense of connection than in-person meetings. Who among us has not rinsed a dish or flushed a toilet while forgetting to put the phone on mute? Zoom call etiquette would seem to be a fairly benign evolution of conference call etiquette, which some of us had trouble mastering. Some of us, already comfortable at home, get a little too comfortable and forget, as Toobin may have, that while he was sitting at home, he was also sitting at work. Instead, we gather in the electronic conference room, our heads stacked in little squares like an aging, less attractive Brady Bunch. The age of COVID has changed our working lives in ways large and small, but perhaps the one constant among white-collar professionals is that we no longer take meetings in person.

#Jeffrey toobin zoom video buzzfeed professional#

It's definitely indecent exposure, though it may not amount to a criminal act.'Īnd maybe he will face professional repercussions other than an announced suspension at the New Yorker pending an investigation and time off at CNN 'while he deals with a personal issue.” 'I think his colleagues probably could make a complaint of sexual harassment against the employer. 'I would say that a Zoom call from home is considered the workplace,' said Leslie Levy, an Oakland employment discrimination attorney.

Had Toobin exposed himself at the office in a meeting with colleagues, he almost certainly would have lost his job and perhaps even faced legal repercussions.Īs it stands, social media is ablaze with a new hashtag #MeToobin, and a serious discussion about whether what Vice said Toobin did can rightfully be considered sexual harassment.

This from a man who was found civilly responsible for one of the more despicable acts in our lifetime.

#Jeffrey toobin zoom video buzzfeed trial#

Simpson, whose murder trial arguably launched Toobin’s career, could not resist indulging in a moment of schadenfreude: “Damn Toobin,” he tweeted. It was, in any case, a moment made for Twitter.Įven the vile O.J. It is disrespectful in the extreme, dangerous and has about it the whiff of wanton self-destruction. No one should do at work what Toobin has seemingly apologized for ever. Everyone knows you only do that with the camera off. I mean, no one in his right mind would do such a thing on camera during a work meeting. Toobin said he erroneously believed that he had 'muted' the Zoom video.