Ronan Farrow
wrote a really good book about his efforts as an NBC reporter to investigate
the sexual predation of Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein and the attempts to
stop his reporting. The book is honestly very disturbing and contains graphic
depictions of sexual assaults and rapes. Harvey Weinstein is a truly disgusting
person. However, it’s not just him. Tons of other men are implicated as well
not just for coving up Weinstein’s crimes but for their own horrible acts. One interesting
thing is that NBC tried to stop the Weinstein reporting because Weinstein
blackmailed them using information the National Enquirer had on Matt Lauer.
The big point
that Farrow makes in the book is that there are not just a few individuals
acting badly in Hollywood, but that there is a whole network of people covering
it all up. Actresses who have are raped are often told that no one will believe
them if they have already done a sex scene. There were also major political
connections, as Harvey Weinstein was connected with Bill and Hilary Clinton,
Donald Trump, and Jeffery Epstein. Farrow touches on them, but I would love to
read a whole book about those four. I was disappointed to learn that former
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak connected Harvey Weinstein to Black Cube, a
surveillance service run by Israeli ex-Mossad agents. That organization would
do Weinstein’s dirty work and investigate Farrow. There are some heroes in the
book, like Rich McHugh, an NBC producer who worked with Ronan Farrow and was
eventually forced out of NBC due to his push to expose the truth. Anthony
Bourdain was also very supportive of his own girlfriend’s allegations against Harvey
Weinstein. Farrow also mentions his boyfriend Jon Lovett a lot, who I knew from
the Pod Save America podcast.
Miscellaneous Facts:
- Apparently Donald Trump and Melania sleep in separate bedrooms.
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