Is Ronan Farrow Too Good to Be True?

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/17/business/media/ronan-farrow.html

by abhi3 • 6 years ago

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xhkkffbf4• 6 years ago

I generally like some of his work, but I think he could have done a better job of digging up some of the problems with the accusations. When Harvey Weinstein got some of the women onto the stands, they had to admit they were sending some pretty affectionate text messages.

Farrow's reporting would have been better if he had managed to get some of the other side into the articles. It's kind of sad we had to wait until the trials to get a fuller picture.

jdm22124• 6 years ago

This comment reminds me a bit about what Dave Chapelle said (jokingly) about Bill Cosby:

Didn’t want to believe it. At first, I didn’t believe it. I said, “These people are obviously trying to destroy Dr. Cosby’s rich legacy.” Even 34 allegations into it, I was still like, “Man… he probably only raped ten or 11 of those people.”

The "other side" is that maybe there's a flimsy pretext for a few of the sexual assaults. Not all of them. Not even most. Just in some cases that women whose careers and reputations Weinstein had the power to destroy chose instead to pretend to be interested in him rather than repulsed when he threatened their livelihoods.

xhkkffbf4• 6 years ago

That's all well and good, but I think it's kind of a bizarre argument. First, the DA only prosecuted a few cases, almost certainly the strongest. In them, the defense came up with some pretty surprising emails and text messages.

If these women didn't like what Weinstein did, they could have endured much less of it if they went to the police right away. They would have saved themselves quite a bit of hardship-- and they would have saved many other women at the same time.

You make it seem like they had to go along with it all to keep getting Hollywood roles. Ordinarily, it sounds pretty sleezy when people say they were forced to do something bad to keep their job. The ethical thing is to quit your job because no job is worth compromising your ethics. How many other women were targeted so these women could keep their starring roles?

bpnichol• 6 years ago

He's Frank Sinatra's son, not Woody Allen's.

mc32• 6 years ago

I appreciate Ronan and his reporting but I admit, the NYT has an ironic point. With the seriousness of the subject matter he should be more rigorous and less glamorous. Noting, unlike less reputable reporters he’s not purposely making things up to align them with an agenda. But, it’s sad to say that that has to be celebrated rather than expected.

Is Ronan Farrow Too Good to Be True?

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