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Eight women have come forward to accuse veteran news anchor Charlie Rose of sexually harassing them while they were working with him. The allegations included stories of Rose making sexual comments, groping, and appearing nude in front of female co-workers.

CBS moved very quickly to suspend Charlie Rose from their morning show on Monday. Many wondered what Rose’s future at the network would be.

Wonder no longer. CBS has officially fired Charlie Rose from their network:

“A short time ago we terminated Charlie Rose’s employment with CBS News, effective immediately,” CBS News President David Rhodes wrote in a note to staff. “This followed the revelation yesterday of extremely disturbing and intolerable behavior said to have revolved around his PBS program. Despite Charlie’s important journalistic contribution to our news division, there is absolutely nothing more important, in this or any organization, than ensuring a safe, professional workplace—a supportive environment where people feel they can do their best work. We need to be such a place.” Rose’s departure marks the downfall of one of television’s most venerable journalists and a major blow to CBS News, which enjoyed its greatest success ever in the morning thanks to “CBS This Morning,” which was built around Rose and his co-anchors Gayle King and Norah O’Donnell in 2012.

Charlie Rose is just the latest in a very long string of very liberal media personalities that have been accused of sexually harassing and/or assaulting women that they have worked with. New York Times Washington correspondent Glenn Thrush was recently accused of routinely harassing in a scathing piece by Laura McGann of Vox. You may also remember that veteran journalist Mark Halperin was also accused of harassing women he worked with when he was at ABC. One really does have to wonder whether or not sexual harassment is a feature of liberal journalism rather than a bug.

The mainstream media seems to be starting to hold itself accountable with a purge of all the odious pieces of filth luring in its shadows. I wonder when Washington, D.C. will start doing the same?

UPDATE: PBS Fires Charlie Rose As Well

NEWS: A PBS spokesperson tells @NewsHour that @PBS “has terminated its relationship with Charlie Rose and cancelled distribution of his programs.” — PBS NewsHour (@NewsHour) November 21, 2017

“PBS expects all the producers we work with to provide a workplace where people feel safe and are treated with dignity and respect,” the spokesperson told the @NewsHour. — PBS NewsHour (@NewsHour) November 21, 2017