So, now that the dam has burst on sexual misconduct at media companies, we’re good, right?
The appalling behavior that’s been in the headlines for weeks isn’t going to stop just because some high-profile men have fallen from grace. Yes, maybe, after this month of eye-popping revelations about influential media figures such as Bill O’Reilly, Mark Halperin and Leon Wieseltier, news organizations will do a better job of taking internal complaints seriously. For a while.
And maybe high-powered men will keep their pants zipped and their hands to themselves so that they won’t lose their positions atop the totem pole.