Politics: NBC host Matt Lauer fired for 'inappropriate sexual behavior' at work

Should NBC fire Lauer, it would be the latest in a long string of media personalities being outed for inappropriate behavior.

NBC host and prominent TV journalist Matt Lauer has been fired as a result of "inappropriate sexual behavior."

NBC News chairman Andy Lack issued a statement saying that he "received a detailed complaint from a colleague about inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace by Matt Lauer."

Lack's statement noted that this was the first complaint recieved about Lauer, but NBC had reviewed it seriously and had "reason to believe this may not have been an isolated incident."

Lack stressed actions such as those Lauer stands accused of will be "met with consequences no matter who" the perpetrator is, and added that the company was "deeply saddened" by the news.

"We are devastated," added Savannah Guthrie, Lauer's colleague on NBC's "Today," which Lauer has hosted for two decades.

Lauer has been a fixture on NBC since the early 1990s, where he has traveled the world to report on a wide range of subjects.

Lauer has reported live from the Olympics in 2014 and interviewed both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump during the 2016 presidential election.

NBC dismissal of Lauer marks the latest in a long string of media personalities being outed for inappropriate behavior.

Mark Halperin and Charlie Rose, both prominent male TV journalists have been accused of sexual misconduct at work and now neither journalist appears on TV.

Hear the full statement below:

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