OpinionSlaven Vlasic/Getty ImagesEditor’s Note: After Matt Lauer submitted this piece, a response to Ronan Farrow’s book Catch and Kill, Mediaite editors independently fact checked the accounts of the four witnesses/subjects Lauer spoke with and cites in this piece. All confirmed in early February that Lauer’s account of their conversations was accurate.As with all Mediaite opinion pieces, the views expressed in this article are those of the author. A note of context:I had originally intended to release this piece in November of 2019, but personal considerations at that time, and later...…OpinionSlaven Vlasic/Getty ImagesEditor’s Note: After Matt Lauer submitted this piece, a response to Ronan Farrow’s book Catch and Kill, Mediaite editors independently fact checked the accounts of the four witnesses/subjects Lauer spoke with and cites in this piece. All confirmed in early February that Lauer’s account of their conversations was accurate.As with all Mediaite opinion pieces, the views expressed in this article are those of the author. A note of context:I had originally intended to release this piece in November of 2019, but personal considerations at that time, and later...WW…