{"id":503341,"date":"2022-10-21T22:54:02","date_gmt":"2022-10-21T19:54:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/i-wasnt-allowed-to-talk-about-jeffrey-toobins-penis\/"},"modified":"2022-10-21T22:54:02","modified_gmt":"2022-10-21T19:54:02","slug":"i-wasnt-allowed-to-talk-about-jeffrey-toobins-penis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/i-wasnt-allowed-to-talk-about-jeffrey-toobins-penis\/","title":{"rendered":"#&#8217;I wasn&#8217;t allowed to talk about Jeffrey Toobin&#8217;s penis&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a38312441a6a\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg 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class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/i-wasnt-allowed-to-talk-about-jeffrey-toobins-penis\/#%E2%80%9C%E2%80%98I_wasnt_allowed_to_talk_about_Jeffrey_Toobins_penis%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;&#8216;I wasn&#8217;t allowed to talk about Jeffrey Toobin&#8217;s penis&#8217;&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1>&#8220;&#8216;I wasn&#8217;t allowed to talk about Jeffrey Toobin&#8217;s penis'&#8221;<\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>A CNN commentator who said the cable network kept her off the air because of a tweet criticizing its handling of the Jeffrey Toobin public masturbation scandal said she \u201crejects\u201d that \u201cthis is the one penis I\u2019m not allowed to talk about.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a woman in <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>, I have been asked to comment on every errant penis in the media industry, and there are so many,\u201d Mary Katharine Ham told Kelly, the former Fox <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a> anchor and current <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/0awxEJH88Xur0GHXuteBLw\">host of the SiriusXM podcast \u201cThe Megyn Kelly Show.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ham didn\u2019t name names, but was referring to big media moguls who have become ensnared in sexual misconduct scandals such as Harvey Weinstein, Matt Lauer and Charlie Rose, according to a source close to the show.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor the past five years, sometimes to the exclusion of all the other things I\u2019d like to talk about like tax policy, health policy, and foreign policy, yet I do it because it\u2019s the right thing to do, even though it can be a little humiliating to be on TV talking about nothing but errant penises of your colleagues,\u201d Ham said in the Friday interview.<\/p>\n<p>She added of Toobin: \u201cI reject that this is the one penis that I\u2019m not allowed to talk about.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kelly agreed with Ham\u2019s assessment that if a woman was caught pleasuring herself in public as Toobin was, it would have meant the end of her career.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"681\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/mary-katharine-ham-03.jpg?w=681\" alt=\"Mary Katharine Ham has written for Townhall Magazine and The Federalist.\" class=\"wp-image-24354397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/mary-katharine-ham-03.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1362 1362w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/mary-katharine-ham-03.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1022 1021w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/mary-katharine-ham-03.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=681 681w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/mary-katharine-ham-03.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=341 340w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/mary-katharine-ham-03.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 681px) 100vw, 681px\"\/><figcaption>Mary Katharine Ham has written for Townhall Magazine and The Federalist. She has also made guest hosting <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>earances on ABC\u2019s \u201cThe View.\u201d<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">ABC via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI wouldn\u2019t have been rehabilitated from something like this\u2026I would not have a career after that\u2026\u201d Ham told Kelly.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, Ham wrote a blog entry on her Substack page in which she alleged that CNN\u2019s then-president, Jeff Zucker, kept her off the air for months without her being informed that she was punished over a tense Twitter exchange with a network colleague.<\/p>\n<p>Ham, who was contributed to news outlets such as Townhall Magazine and The Federalist and has made guest-hosting appearances on ABC\u2019s \u201cThe View,\u201d expressed anger that her suspension was similar in scope to the one handed down to Toobin.<\/p>\n<p>She wrote that she was astounded to have recently discovered that she was kept off the air after she engaged in a Twitter spat with a CNN colleague, Andrew Kaczynski, in January.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mary Katharine Ham Speaks Out About Criticizing Jeffrey Toobin and Getting Silently Suspended by CNN\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LIC0q8Cv3Qg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The brouhaha started when Ham responded to New York Times correspondent Maggie Haberman\u2019s tweet disputing Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis\u2019 argument that the media didn\u2019t sufficiently cover the 2017 shootings of Republican lawmakers playing a baseball <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Ham claimed that a shooting targeting Democrats would garner substantially more attention from the press.<\/p>\n<p>When Kaczynski objected, Ham responded that her CNN colleague \u201cgot jack to say about Cuomo and Toobin, but gotta fact-check me when he\u2019s got nothing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ham then posted a tweet noting that Toobin\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/12\/15\/style\/jeffrey-toobin-zoom.html\">\u201cjacked off in front of female colleagues\u201d<\/a>\u00a0while Cuomo \u201cviolated every conflict of interest rule in journalism, lied about it, and got fired.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"781\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/megyn-kelly-3.jpg?w=781\" alt=\"Kelly blasted CNN's handling of the Toobin controversy.\" class=\"wp-image-24354398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/megyn-kelly-3.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1562 1562w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/megyn-kelly-3.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1172 1171w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/megyn-kelly-3.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=781 781w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/megyn-kelly-3.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=391 390w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/megyn-kelly-3.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 781px) 100vw, 781px\"\/><figcaption>Kelly blasted CNN\u2019s handling of the Toobin controversy.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">YouTube \/ Megyn Kelly<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>According to Ham, her implicit criticism of\u00a0CNN management\u2019s handling of the Toobin affair\u00a0prompted then-network head honcho Zucker to keep her off the air for seven months.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI suppose some might reasonably conclude that critiquing CNN\u2019s coverage in a factual and calm tweet, or arguing with Kaczynski, could have spurred some disciplinary action, as it violates the rule against \u2018shooting inside the tent\u2019 among colleagues,\u201d Ham wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut it turns out that didn\u2019t do me in.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRather, I\u2019m told, \u2018when it got to the comments about Jeffrey Toobin\u00a0\u2026 everyone wanted a bit of a breather,\u2019\u201d Ham wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Ham noted that her seven-month ban was almost as lengthy a penalty as Toobin received for his Zoom mishap.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne month was the difference between punishment for jacking off at work versus commenting on the inadvisability of jacking off at work,\u201d Ham wrote in her blog.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/jeffrey-toobin-01-1.jpg?w=683\" alt=\"Toobin was fired by The New Yorker magazine and suspended by CNN after he was caught masturbating during a New Yorker Zoom staff meeting.\" class=\"wp-image-24354396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/jeffrey-toobin-01-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1366 1366w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/jeffrey-toobin-01-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/jeffrey-toobin-01-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=683 683w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/jeffrey-toobin-01-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=341 341w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\"\/><figcaption>Toobin was fired by The New Yorker magazine and suspended by CNN after he was caught masturbating during a New Yorker Zoom staff meeting.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">ASSOCIATED PRESS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>She then wrote that nobody bothered to inform her that she was disciplined until she recently met with Zucker\u2019s successor, Chris Licht, who offered her an opportunity to return to the network.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was never informed of my punishment until it was rescinded recently by new management,\u201d Ham wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo one called me or my representation about it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere was no announcement of a suspension, or notification of in-house disciplinary action, which I would have preferred, even welcomed by comparison to serving a secret sentence,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n<p>The Post has sought comment from CNN.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"715\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/Jeff-Zucker.jpg?w=715\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24354497\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/Jeff-Zucker.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1430 1430w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/Jeff-Zucker.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1073 1072w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/Jeff-Zucker.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=715 715w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/Jeff-Zucker.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=358 357w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/Jeff-Zucker.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 715px) 100vw, 715px\"\/><figcaption>Ham wrote that she only learned recently that she was \u201cquiet suspended\u201d by then-CNN boss Jeff Zucker.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In October 2020, Toobin, who at the time was a writer for the New Yorker in addition to his duties as a CNN analyst, was caught pleasuring himself during a Zoom work meeting that included senior editors of the magazine.<\/p>\n<p>The episode led to Toobin\u2019s firing from the New Yorker as well as an eight-month suspension from CNN.<\/p>\n<p>He would\u00a0eventually return to CNN\u00a0after\u00a0appearing on the network\u2019s air\u00a0and making an awkward apology\u00a0during an unusual interview with anchor Alisyn Camerota.<\/p>\n<p>In August, Toobin announced that he would be leaving the network.<\/p>\n<p>Cuomo, the former host of \u201cCuomo Prime Time,\u201d was\u00a0widely criticized for his gushing interview sessions\u00a0with his brother, then-New York Gov. 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