# 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:** 14\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2021, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeffery-toobin-flashed-his-junk-on-a-zoom-call-to-other-new-yorker-staffers/923363/161 "2021-06-11T14:08:55Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > It’s such an old thread It’s 8 months old…not 18 years. ---
**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:** [June 11, 2021, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeffery-toobin-flashed-his-junk-on-a-zoom-call-to-other-new-yorker-staffers/923363/162 "2021-06-11T15:30:34Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > That’s right – CNN’s best legal analyst should be banned for life from contributing his legal expertise anywhere because he was accidentally seen jerking off. 🙄 Maybe you’d be happier if you could pour a bucket of tar over him and roll him in feathers, too. Accidentally broadcast himself jerking off on a work call. Yeah, they should find other legal experts than him, in perpetuity, and if the US only has one person that can voice opinions on the same topics as Tobin you need to revise your education system. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2021, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeffery-toobin-flashed-his-junk-on-a-zoom-call-to-other-new-yorker-staffers/923363/163 "2021-06-11T15:44:04Z")
> [@Omar\_Little](#): > > I’m sorry, but showing that kind of poor judgement that he did, an 8 month hiatus, isn’t appropriate. Bad decision CNN. In CNN’s defense, it would be a tragedy if a rich white guy in his 60s were pushed into retirement. ---
**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:** [June 11, 2021, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeffery-toobin-flashed-his-junk-on-a-zoom-call-to-other-new-yorker-staffers/923363/164 "2021-06-11T15:56:32Z")
> [@hogarth](#): > > In CNN’s defense, it would be a tragedy if a rich white guy in his 60s were pushed into retirement. Or into getting a different job. He might have to do actual lawyering. I hear that pays almost nothing. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2021, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeffery-toobin-flashed-his-junk-on-a-zoom-call-to-other-new-yorker-staffers/923363/165 "2021-06-11T19:07:22Z")
It’s beyond incredible that Toobin wasn’t permanently fired. Is there any other job where publicly whacking off wouldn’t get someone fired? The weird world of broadcasting and entertainment is beyond me. There’s very little professional standards or integrity. Kevin Spacey is another example. He’s back making films. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2021, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeffery-toobin-flashed-his-junk-on-a-zoom-call-to-other-new-yorker-staffers/923363/166 "2021-06-11T19:58:25Z")
Looking forward to the first time he gets heated in a panel debate, and someone tells him to keep his pants on. ---
**Author:** ![Saintly\_Loser](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saintly_loser/32/4045_2.png) [@Saintly\_Loser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saintly_Loser)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2021, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeffery-toobin-flashed-his-junk-on-a-zoom-call-to-other-new-yorker-staffers/923363/167 "2021-06-12T00:16:44Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > Is there any other job where publicly whacking off wouldn’t get someone fired? No. I can’t believe they brought him back. If Toobin ever does anything, harasses anyone, in the course of his CNN employment, CNN is screwed. They knowingly hired a flasher. I’m not a lawyer, but I can imagine what a plaintiff’s lawyer could do with that. ---
**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:** [June 12, 2021, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeffery-toobin-flashed-his-junk-on-a-zoom-call-to-other-new-yorker-staffers/923363/168 "2021-06-12T00:31:49Z")
Knowingly hired a flasher, is a bit of a hyperbolic way to say, “accidentally left his camera on while jerking it.” Every single person with a penis in this thread has jerked off. Yes, even you, dear reader. Some of you have gotten caught. If this was an accident, it’s not worth getting blacklisted for life, IMHO. ---
**Author:** ![Saintly\_Loser](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saintly_loser/32/4045_2.png) [@Saintly\_Loser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saintly_Loser)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2021, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeffery-toobin-flashed-his-junk-on-a-zoom-call-to-other-new-yorker-staffers/923363/169 "2021-06-12T00:56:01Z")
> [@Lobohan](#): > > Every single person with a penis in this thread has jerked off. Not at work. ---
**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:** [June 12, 2021, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeffery-toobin-flashed-his-junk-on-a-zoom-call-to-other-new-yorker-staffers/923363/170 "2021-06-12T00:57:17Z")
If you were a writer, and were working form home for a year, you probably have. Also, does the work bathroom count? ---
**Author:** ![Saintly\_Loser](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saintly_loser/32/4045_2.png) [@Saintly\_Loser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saintly_Loser)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2021, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeffery-toobin-flashed-his-junk-on-a-zoom-call-to-other-new-yorker-staffers/923363/171 "2021-06-12T01:42:32Z")
Good Lord. I don’t know about where you work, but where I work, anyone caught masturbating in the work bathrooms would be on the street so fast your head would spin. Look, Toobin is clearly an idiot. And I really don’t care, personally, what CNN does with him. I don’t watch CNN anyway. Not my problem. But, as I said, imagine what a plaintiff’s lawyer could do with this if Toobin is ever accused of any kind of impropriety or harassment or inappropriate behavior of any kind… Seriously. I’d pay money to watch that trial. ---
**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:** [June 12, 2021, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeffery-toobin-flashed-his-junk-on-a-zoom-call-to-other-new-yorker-staffers/923363/172 "2021-06-12T01:47:56Z")
Wouldn’t go to trial. Would go to the cheque-writing department of CNN. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2021, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeffery-toobin-flashed-his-junk-on-a-zoom-call-to-other-new-yorker-staffers/923363/173 "2021-06-12T01:56:02Z")
This is the same Toobin who harassed women? The masturbation thing is bad and should have led to termination, but CNN’s decision dives to unprecedented lows when you look at his history and realize that he will harass again. They should start saving their pennies now. ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2021, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeffery-toobin-flashed-his-junk-on-a-zoom-call-to-other-new-yorker-staffers/923363/174 "2021-06-14T18:58:33Z")
> [@Lobohan](#): > > Also, does the work bathroom count? Ewwwwwwwwww [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeffery-toobin-flashed-his-junk-on-a-zoom-call-to-other-new-yorker-staffers/923363.md?page=8)