NBC tried to block Ronan Farrow's investigation into Harvey Weinstein, according to a former producer with the network's investigative unit.
Former producer Rich McHugh told The New York Times that the attempt to stop Farrow's reporting came from "The very highest levels of NBC.".
His reporting on Weinstein was eventually published in The New Yorker, and Farrow later alleged that NBC had passed on the explosive report.
Now, McHugh is alleging that NBC was effectively "Killing the Harvey Weinstein story" by ordering him and Farrow to stop the investigation.
Multiple sources told The Daily Beast that NBC News General Counsel Susan Weiner called Farrow on several occasions and threatened to smear him if he didn't kill his investigation.
NBC called those allegations false, stating, "There is no chance, in no version of the world, that Susan Weiner would tell Ronan Farrow what he could or could not report on."
"Their common first instinct is to protect the talent, no matter what the complaint, and then turn the victim into the problem," a former NBC producer said.
http://dailycaller.com/2018/08/31/nbc-blocked-ronan-farrow-weinstein/
Former producer Rich McHugh told The New York Times that the attempt to stop Farrow's reporting came from "The very highest levels of NBC.".
His reporting on Weinstein was eventually published in The New Yorker, and Farrow later alleged that NBC had passed on the explosive report.
Now, McHugh is alleging that NBC was effectively "Killing the Harvey Weinstein story" by ordering him and Farrow to stop the investigation.
Multiple sources told The Daily Beast that NBC News General Counsel Susan Weiner called Farrow on several occasions and threatened to smear him if he didn't kill his investigation.
NBC called those allegations false, stating, "There is no chance, in no version of the world, that Susan Weiner would tell Ronan Farrow what he could or could not report on."
"Their common first instinct is to protect the talent, no matter what the complaint, and then turn the victim into the problem," a former NBC producer said.
http://dailycaller.com/2018/08/31/nbc-blocked-ronan-farrow-weinstein/
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