> I cannot imagine a circumstance in which I would find it appropriate to send out a press release The man had some of the most popular lectures ever put onlin

> I cannot imagine a circumstance in which I would find it appropriate to send out a press release The man had some of the most popular lectures ever put online. Wikipedia claims over 12 million views. You don't just take down those videos without giving a reason. With celebrity comes a loss of privacy. Also, they did not just ruin his career. He is 78 and spent over 40 years in the classroom at MIT. He already had a more than successful career. They ruined his ability to continue to have one-on-one interactions with students, and rightly so if he was sexually harassing them.