At the same time, Norville still sees those sharks circling when a high-profile female journalist is visibly struggling. In 2012, Ann Curry tearfully exited as Today co-host amid declining ratings and criticism of her chemistry with Matt Lauer. (Curry later revealed that she’d reported Lauer for sexual harassment five months before her departure; Lauer was fired in 2017.)Ahead of Curry’s last show, Norville penned a Hollywood Reporter column that drew a direct line from 1989 to 2012 and asked one particularly potent question: “Why is the press so quick to…
