In 2017 Variety profiled Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor, The New York Times investigate reporters who broke the initial Harvey Weinstein story. 'This was a story that only got bigger and deeper as we kept going'
and The New Yorker, the indie mogul would still be hobnobbing at Oscar parties, attending movie premieres and, if allegations are to be believed, routinely abusing and harassing women.
Were you able to point to the O’Reilly story as evidence that going public about Weinstein could have an impact?: Absolutely. The Bill O’Reilly and Silicon Valley stories meant a lot, because we could show successful examples of allegations being documented and people going on the record without apparent negative consequences. They showed that there could be accountability and impact. In those cases, it was not the world just shrugging and saying, “I don’t believe these women and I don’t care.
“A request for a massage might look innocent but is actually part of a pattern of predatory behavior that can range from inappropriate comments and touching to, in the case of Weinstein, allegations of rape.”: If you put the NDAs aside, there were these fears that to speak out against Weinstein in any way could have negative repercussions for people’s career paths. Just because people had left the Weinstein Co. or Miramax didn’t mean that they felt that they were clear of Harvey Weinstein.
I’m of two minds about the potency of fame in making this story impactful. On one hand, I kind of resist and resent it, because I believe every woman’s story counts. Harvey Weinstein appears to have done the same thing to a lot of women regardless of their stature in the industry. As a journalist and as a human being, I don’t like the idea of weighting the more famous women’s stories more heavily than the lesser-known women’s stories.
Jodi, after the Weinstein story broke, you were interviewed on “CBS This Morning” by Charlie Rose. Now he’s lost that job because of harassment allegations. What is it like to look back on that interview?This harassment scandal has grown to the point where a Times colleague, Glenn Thrush, now faces accusations. Is it discomfiting to report on a story that eventually lands so close to home?: These allegations are hitting close to home for so many people.
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