Apple CEO Outed Live On Air Causing Awkwardness Eruption
“CNBC “Squawk on the Street” cohost Simon Hobbs had a bit of a gaffe Friday morning.
During a discussion with New York Times columnist James Stewart about his column on the lack of high-profile gay executives companies, Hobbs said, Apple CEO Tim Cook was “openly gay.”
The claim was met with silence by others.
Hobbs then said, “Oh, dear, was that an error? I thought he was open about it.I don’t want to comment about anybody who might or might not be. I’m not going to out anybody.””* The Young Turks hosts Cenk Uygur, Ana Kasparian, John Iadarola (TYT University), and Jimmy Dore (The Jimmy Dore Show) break it down.
*Read more here from Maya Kosoff / Business Insider:
http://www.businessinsider.com/cnbc-host-outs-apple-ceo-tim-cook-on-tv-2014-6
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Noooooooo, why should anyone? I am a CEO and I do not tell people that I am hetrosexual. Why should anyone say anything about their sexual preferences. Is being gay or hetrosexual anything to do with running a company. Is being gay have anything to do with anything, no. No one should know anyones sexual preferences. You have the wrong position on this subject. It should be normal that no one gives a crap and not interested. After all, it is not a big deal that Cenk is hetrosexual or gay, what does this say, nothing. Inotherwords, normal means that nobody wants to know, if that makes sense on a deeper level.
In this day and age? You’re right that it has become more common, and I feel a little bit like your conversation exists in a liberal echo chamber. The objective problem, is even with greater acceptance, you still have conservative members of Congress openly encouraging their homophobic constituents, business owners, etc. to openly discriminate against gay people? I think it helps to have people like this coming out, but no should out someone else. Their private life is their business.
If you Google his name, the third article that comes up is an interview from last December about him being openly gay… why is this CNBC thing news?