Montini: Sorry, Charlie Rose, your career is over

Charlie Rose is finished.

Sorry, Charlie, there is no other way to put it.

(On second thought, I'm not really sorry.)

The Washington Post has published an exhaustive article describing how women employees and potential employees were sexually harassed in the most vain and disgusting manner over the course of many years.

So, yes, the big-time TV host, interviewer and recipient of the Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism from Arizona State University is done.

There's proof. No one took it seriously

The events are well documened. They were brought to the attention of Rose's long-time producer. 

In a statement to The Post, producer Yvette Vega admitted that she should have taken the complaints more seriously. Or seriously, period.

“I should have stood up for them (the harassed women),” said Vega, adding, “I failed. It is crushing. I deeply regret not helping them.”

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Charlie Rose?

Really?

The guy whose long-running show on PBS has been a stalwart for years.

The co-host of "CBS This Morning."

The correspondent for "60 Minutes."

What Rose had to say for himself

Rose issued a statement that reads in part: "In my 45 years in journalism, I have prided myself on being an advocate for the careers of the women with whom I have worked. Nevertheless, in the past few days, claims have been made about my behavior toward some former female colleagues.

“It is essential that these women know I hear them and that I deeply apologize for my inappropriate behavior. I am greatly embarrassed. I have behaved insensitively at times, and I accept responsibility for that, though I do not believe that all of these allegations are accurate. I always felt that I was pursuing shared feelings, even though I now realize I was mistaken."

Shared feelings?

It doesn't sound that way, at all, from the women involved.

Apparently, there were rumors and a code of silence surrounding Rose, as has happened with a number of the men caught up in these allegations. We cater to the powerful. (Just ask the 16 women accusing President Donald Trump of such behavior.)

It's got to stop.

And now that the word is out, a Rose is no longer a rose. 

Sorry, Charlie, but you are done.

You deserve to be done. 

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