Charlie Rose makes a comeback with his first interview since the firings
Key Takeaways:
- Charlie Rose, a journalist whose career was cut short in 2017 due to allegations of sexual misconduct.
- "It's wonderful to see you," Buffett said. Buffett was the sole focus of their chat, which lasted 75 minutes.
- The two men discussed Buffett's career during the interview, which began when he was 11 years old and bought stocks for $114.75.
Charlie Rose, whose career as a journalist came to a halt in 2017 due to sexual misconduct claims, resurfaced Thursday by putting a lengthy interview with billionaire Warren Buffett on the internet.
Rose expressed his gratitude for the recent conversation with Buffett in a letter on his website. It was the journalist's first interview in more than four years, according to the 80-year-old.
"It's nice to see you," Rose said to Buffett, the 91-year-old Berkshire Hathaway chairman and one of the wealthiest men.
Buffett responded, "It's fantastic to see you." Their conversation lasted 75 minutes and was entirely centered on Buffett. Rose's experiences were left out of the conversation.
Rose's PBS talk show, which had been on the air since 1991, was unexpectedly canceled in November 2017 when The Washington Post published a story in which many women who had worked with him accused him of grabbing and strolling around naked in front of them.
According to the Post's investigation, published at the height of the #MeToo movement, he called one 21-year-old staffer to tell her about his fantasy of watching her swim naked.
Rose expressed regret for his conduct, but it was not enough to keep his career. He was also fired from his co-hosting role on "CBS This Morning" with Gayle King, which he had since 2012.
"A step on a journey to engage the most interesting people as well as explore the most engaging ideas in the world," Rose wrote on his website about the Buffett interview.
The two men discussed Buffett's career during the interview, which began when he was 11 years old and bought stocks for $114.75. He characterized a typical day as beginning with a half-hour phone conversation with a coworker a half-hour before the stock market opened, directing him on what business to perform, which may involve billions of dollars in buying and selling.
Buffett discussed his company's annual meeting, which will take place on April 30 and during which he plans to speak to and answer questions from tens of thousands of stockholders.
He brushed away several of Rose's particular queries to that aim, such as when the conversation turned to the Ukraine conflict.
Buffett stated, "It doesn't do me any good — and it doesn't do the world any good — to have me talk about it."
"I've gotten dumber but smarter," Buffett responded when asked how time has changed him. He can't add numbers as rapidly as others, forgets names from time to time, and occasionally gets to the top of the stairs only to forget why he came up. "I can do... as good as ever" when allocating capital, he remarked.
Rose's homecoming was not well received by everyone on social media, with some people retweeting old articles about what he was accused of. Rebecca Carroll, author of "Surviving the White Gaze," published an Esquire article in December 2017. She discussed the "toxic and demeaning" climate she encountered as a producer on Rose's PBS show and the #MeToo movement's implications for Black women.
Carroll stated on Twitter, "Powerful white guys will always return." "They'll always be fine," says the narrator.