Opinion | Marcie Bianco: 'Toobin got eight whole minutes of airtime to reframe and retell his now-infamous story. In doing so, Toobin demonstrated how culture can work in the service of men.' - NBCNewsTHINK
The next step in Toobin’s master class was to validate the rarity of his “stupid mistake” with supporting evidence. He explained that he’s spoken to several of his former colleagues and that they “realized that this was not intended for them. I think they realized this was something I would immediately regret.”
Toobin claimed he’s offering no superficial"politician apology, which is 'I’m sorry if you were offended,'" but rather a sincere one. In this performative accountability, he knows an apology is simply the first step in the process. He looked directly at the camera — as if he were looking into our eyes — and explained why his apology is real, as evidenced by “therapy, trying to do some public service, working in a food bank ...
Toobin claimed he is “trying to become the kind of person that people can trust again,” but his performance on cable TV indicated he has yet to achieve this beyond skillful rhetoric. A culture of accountability, however, is not the exclusive work of the individual but of communities, and, particularly in this case, the institution of CNN.
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