- NBC News sent out an internal memo on Monday defending its decision to decline Ronan Farrow’s reporting on Harvey Weinstein’s sexual misconduct allegations months before the story broke.
- The 10-page memo sent to employees by NBC News chief Andy Lack follows allegations that Farrow and his producers were “ordered to stop” by executives who did not want the story to go out.
- The memo states NBC News spent eight months pursuing the story with Farrow, but chose not to move forward because he did not have sources willing to go on the record, and his reporting “did not hold up to scrutiny.”
- Farrow ultimately took his reporting to The New Yorker, where it won him a Pulitzer Prize.
- Farrow responded to the memo, saying that his story was initially “cleared” but was later “blocked by executives who refused to allow us to seek comment from Harvey Weinstein.”
NBC News sent out an internal memo on Monday defending its decision to not broadcast Ronan Farrow’s reporting on Harvey Weinstein’s sexual misconduct allegations months before the story broke.
The 10-page memo sent to employees by NBC News chief Andy Lack follows allegations that Farrow and his producers were “ordered to stop” by executives who did not want the story to go out.See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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