Video chat service Zoom allows large groups to talk together on a single call and be seen on video, but users have the option to mute their microphone when not speaking and to shut off the camera if they don’t want to be seen or don’t have the internet bandwidth to support the camera service.Įmbarrassing mishaps or glitches have not been uncommon since the service grew in popularity amid the coronavirus pandemic. The online call in questions reportedly involved employees of the magazine as well as staff from WNYC, a New York City and metropolitan area radio station that is part of New York Public Radio. Please be assured that we take such matters seriously and that we are looking into it.”ĬNN issued a statement saying that Toobin “has asked for some time off while he deals with a personal issue, which we have granted”.
In an email to staffers, New Yorker editor David Remnick wrote : “Dear All, As you may have read in various news reports today, one of our writers, Jeff Toobin, was suspended after an incident on a Zoom call last week. Toobin announced the move in a tweet, saying he was glad to spend his last day on the air with friends Wolf Blitzer, Anderson Cooper. He has has worked for the New Yorker for more than 25 years, and is is also a senior legal analyst at CNN.Ī spokeswoman for the magazine said in a statement that Toobin “has been suspended while we investigate the matter”. NEW YORK (AP) Jeffrey Toobin, who rejoined CNN as a legal analyst after stepping away in the wake of exposing himself to colleagues in a Zoom call, said Friday that he was leaving the network after 20 years. Toobin is one of the most well-known media legal analysts in the US. He has so far declined to confirm details. I thought I had muted the Zoom video, I thought no one on the Zoom call could see me.”
He added: “I apologize to my wife, family, friends and co-workers. “I made an embarrassingly stupid mistake, believing I was off-camera,” Toobin said in a statement on Monday about the situation, first reported by Vice. Photo: CNN/YouTube In case you forgot, Jeffrey Toobin still kept one of his jobs after his notorious Zoom dick incident in 2020.
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