# Jeffery Toobin flashed his junk on a Zoom call to other New Yorker staffers **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 19, 2020, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeffery-toobin-flashed-his-junk-on-a-zoom-call-to-other-new-yorker-staffers/923363 "2020-10-19T22:33:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2020, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeffery-toobin-flashed-his-junk-on-a-zoom-call-to-other-new-yorker-staffers/923363/81 "2020-10-21T17:30:00Z")
He should have found an excuse not to join the Zoom chat. “I’m sorry. I have to drive Pamela to Long John Silver’s.” ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2020, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeffery-toobin-flashed-his-junk-on-a-zoom-call-to-other-new-yorker-staffers/923363/82 "2020-10-21T22:20:17Z")
Perhaps he was on a Zoom chat with Anthony Wiener. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2020, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeffery-toobin-flashed-his-junk-on-a-zoom-call-to-other-new-yorker-staffers/923363/83 "2020-10-21T23:48:47Z")
What, like in a toss off? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2020, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeffery-toobin-flashed-his-junk-on-a-zoom-call-to-other-new-yorker-staffers/923363/84 "2020-10-22T00:32:43Z")
They say a hard man is good to find… except on Zoom. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2020, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeffery-toobin-flashed-his-junk-on-a-zoom-call-to-other-new-yorker-staffers/923363/85 "2020-10-22T01:49:52Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > They say a hard man is good to find True story: In mid-1970’s, my supervisor – a 50-ish female – wore a sweatshirt sometimes with this on it. In a large University of California-run research lab. Can you imagine if that happened today? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2020, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeffery-toobin-flashed-his-junk-on-a-zoom-call-to-other-new-yorker-staffers/923363/86 "2020-10-22T15:53:32Z")
I remember the phrase being used in Soloflex ads not that long ago. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2020, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeffery-toobin-flashed-his-junk-on-a-zoom-call-to-other-new-yorker-staffers/923363/87 "2020-10-22T21:10:18Z")
> [@solost](#): > > at Lifehacker, I want to… Looks like you’ve thought about it long and hard. ---
**Author:** ![Marion\_Wormer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d07c76/32.png) [@Marion\_Wormer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marion_Wormer)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2020, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeffery-toobin-flashed-his-junk-on-a-zoom-call-to-other-new-yorker-staffers/923363/88 "2020-10-24T11:58:08Z")
Last week, there was a woman who asked a college professor in a Zoom class if she could turn off her webcam while she nursed here baby, and not only did the professor say “No”, she said the woman was ‘disgusting’. That tells more about the professor than the student. BTW, when my mother (now passed) was a child in the 20s, women nursed in church by just covering the activity with a light towel or clean cloth diaper. My how people become so prudish since then, now that we’re in the era of Tinder. ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2020, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeffery-toobin-flashed-his-junk-on-a-zoom-call-to-other-new-yorker-staffers/923363/89 "2020-10-24T18:11:18Z")
There are meds for that, you just have to putter around for a few days. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2020, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeffery-toobin-flashed-his-junk-on-a-zoom-call-to-other-new-yorker-staffers/923363/90 "2020-10-25T01:25:51Z")
This rising Youtuber (no pun intended) gave his psychiatric view about the whole thing. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/io6O-I6AXkc/maxresdefault.jpg "Jeffrey Toobin Scandal Analysis | What is the Masturbatory Hypothesis?") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=io6O-I6AXkc) The clip has no profanity but does include potential adult content, mostly puns. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2020, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeffery-toobin-flashed-his-junk-on-a-zoom-call-to-other-new-yorker-staffers/923363/91 "2020-10-27T02:09:39Z")
Masturbatory Hypothesis is one hell of a band name! ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2020, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeffery-toobin-flashed-his-junk-on-a-zoom-call-to-other-new-yorker-staffers/923363/92 "2020-11-12T15:30:58Z")
and he’s out at the _New Yorker_: > **[Jeffrey Toobin Is Fired by The New Yorker (Published 2020)](https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/11/business/media/jeffrey-toobin-fired-new-yorker.html?action=click&algo=top_conversion&block=trending_recirc&fellback=false&imp_id=599678403&impression_id=9fc1edd0-24fb-11eb-ab93-b165466c00d6&index=0&pgtype=Article®ion=footer&req_id=232496181&surface=most-popular)** > > The star journalist exposed himself on a video conference call last month. “We take workplace matters seriously,” a Condé Nast executive said. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2020, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeffery-toobin-flashed-his-junk-on-a-zoom-call-to-other-new-yorker-staffers/923363/93 "2020-11-13T16:52:41Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > and he’s out at the _New Yorker_ : I saw that recently. Honestly, not sure what to think. The _New Yorker_ aspires to the highest standards of journalism, literacy, and ethics. But for 27 years Toobin was one of the staff professionals who provided that. Many of his legal analyses were deeply insightful. I don’t know that one transgression like this is deserving of such a harsh reaction. It strikes me as the magazine caring more about its own image than about a balanced sense of fairness. Toobin was very gracious in his response, sending his best wishes to the magazine and all his colleagues there. No word yet (at least, that I’ve heard) on his future at CNN. That’s my gut reaction, anyway. If someone thinks his firing was well deserved, I’m willing to listen to their reasoning. Maybe I’m just more sympathetic than some others because I was always keen to read what he had to say. ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2020, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeffery-toobin-flashed-his-junk-on-a-zoom-call-to-other-new-yorker-staffers/923363/94 "2020-11-13T17:07:51Z")
I like Toobin’s commentary too, but I wacking off during a staff meeting? You would get fired for that. I would get fired for that. So why shouldn’t Toobin? He’s a smart guy who has lots of fans. He’s going to be just fine. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2020, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeffery-toobin-flashed-his-junk-on-a-zoom-call-to-other-new-yorker-staffers/923363/95 "2020-11-13T18:07:04Z")
I agree with **monstro**. Some things are firing offences for anyone, regardless of how good they are. Gross sexual misconduct in front of co-workers is high on that list, in my opinion. Another one would be financial impropriétés with the employer’s money - that’s a canning. (Not saying that there’s any suggestion of that here; just giving that as another example. ) ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2020, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeffery-toobin-flashed-his-junk-on-a-zoom-call-to-other-new-yorker-staffers/923363/96 "2020-11-13T18:09:01Z")
Let he who hasn’t beat it during a zoom call cast the first stone. ---
**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2020, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeffery-toobin-flashed-his-junk-on-a-zoom-call-to-other-new-yorker-staffers/923363/97 "2020-11-13T18:15:06Z")
I don’t know if Toobin was just stupid or got off on the risk, but in the end the result is the same, he was caught taking a wank during a meeting. That’s absolutely a firing offense. ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2020, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeffery-toobin-flashed-his-junk-on-a-zoom-call-to-other-new-yorker-staffers/923363/98 "2020-11-13T18:18:26Z")
I don’t know if fresher info came out, but it sounds like he thought his camera wasn’t on, and everyone was in breakout rooms. So, I could see it being a genuine, “Oh shit” mistake. I’d never want to see my co-workers again, so I’d probably welcome being fired. ---
**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2020, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeffery-toobin-flashed-his-junk-on-a-zoom-call-to-other-new-yorker-staffers/923363/99 "2020-11-13T18:23:53Z")
So stupid then. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2020, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeffery-toobin-flashed-his-junk-on-a-zoom-call-to-other-new-yorker-staffers/923363/100 "2020-11-13T18:35:23Z")
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