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Ronan Farrow’s Moment
National Review ^ | May 7, 2018 | Dan McLaughlin

Posted on 05/08/2018 6:17:25 AM PDT by C19fan

There’s a lot to be said about the New Yorker’s big, multi-sourced expose of how New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has abused four different women – as I have documented at length, Schneiderman is one of President Trump’s bitterest longtime antagonists and a self-styled leader of “The Resistance” – but one point that I keep thinking about is how Ronan Farrow, one of the piece’s authors and a key figure in the downfall of Harvey Weinstein, has truly found his calling as a print journalist exposing sexual abuse. What is particularly striking is the contrast with Farrow’s original, failed journalistic career as a MSNBC television personality.

Farrow, the son of Mia Farrow and (his own mother leaves doubt as to this) either Woody Allen or Frank Sinatra, initially had a too-easy path up the ladder: he got a UNICEF gig in his mother’s footsteps at 14, graduated college at 15, got a job in the Obama Administration out of law school at 22, and was on air on MSNBC at 27. He’s a smart guy, as his educational credentials (including Yale Law and a Rhodes Scholarship) attest, but came off on TV as shallow and callow, a guy who was handed things for his good looks and family name and connections.

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To: Red Badger

Kind of resembles Brando to me.


21 posted on 05/08/2018 6:52:33 AM PDT by CodeJockey (Trump... The exorcist of Cultural Marxism)
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To: mewzilla

I’d bet the tick tock surrounding how this story got published would make very interesting reading.

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The story behind this story is probably better than the base story. Wonder if Rudy had anything to do with it??


22 posted on 05/08/2018 6:55:15 AM PDT by libstripper
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To: CodeJockey

Ol’ Blue Eyes....................


23 posted on 05/08/2018 6:58:54 AM PDT by Red Badger (Remember all the great work Obama did for the black community?.............. Me neither.)
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To: mewzilla

Given that Trump knew the AG was a skunk back in 2013, its easy to imagine that Farrow was able to find them and convince the victims that Sunshine was their only protection against him.

Especially since he was the #metoo prosecutor.


24 posted on 05/08/2018 7:00:57 AM PDT by G Larry (There is no great virtue in bargaining with the Devil)
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To: libstripper
I’d bet the tick tock surrounding how this story got published would make very interesting reading.
The story behind this story is probably better than the base story. Wonder if Rudy had anything to do with it??

I'm wondering this myself. How does an exposé like this help the New Yorker with its customer base? There has to be a backstory about how Schneiderman fell out with the Clintons and/or the Obamas, or maybe the New Yorker has decided it is no longer in the magazine's best interests to stand by the Clintons.

25 posted on 05/08/2018 7:02:08 AM PDT by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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To: C19fan

He may be a rare thing: A smart leftie who realizes there’s a market for journalists who dig up the truth rather than just pimping for the rat party. Imagine that!


26 posted on 05/08/2018 7:04:46 AM PDT by j.havenfarm ( 1,000 Posts as of 8/11/17! Still not shutting up after all these years!)
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To: jyo19

Here is Mia’s father John Farrow. I think the grandson looks like him.

http://ilarge.lisimg.com/image/10012893/740full-john-farrow.jpg


27 posted on 05/08/2018 7:10:32 AM PDT by pugmama (Ports Moon.)
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To: C19fan; nopardons

Here we go again - look at the text of the article.


28 posted on 05/08/2018 7:13:04 AM PDT by miss marmelstein
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To: C19fan

His back story is interesting too. He had a crippling disease as a child and spent most of his youth in braces or crutches. Yet, still managed to finish a degree in his teens. Obviously very intelligent and driven. Just hoping he stays impartial and a true journalist instead of the partisan *sswipes that are out there now.


29 posted on 05/08/2018 7:15:12 AM PDT by ExpatCanuck
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To: AnotherUnixGeek

All the more reason we need to know how and why the Schneiderman story made it into print.


30 posted on 05/08/2018 7:16:28 AM PDT by mewzilla (Has the FBI been spying on members of Congress?)
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To: AnotherUnixGeek

He’s a dead ringer for John Farrow, Mia’s father. But you can’t tell that to dumb freepers. As if all children look like their biologic fathers! Barbara Sinatra completely limited Frank’s life - old friends were alienated. My friend, Sidney Zion, could not get near him in the last few years of his life. Sad, really.


31 posted on 05/08/2018 7:17:00 AM PDT by miss marmelstein
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To: Red Badger

He seems to write very well too.

I think he should do a story on the cover-up they wanted.

Who wanted him to bury the story and why is a story in itself.


32 posted on 05/08/2018 7:18:00 AM PDT by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing Obamacare is worse than Obamacare itself.)
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To: mewzilla

I have heard that Ronan went to NBC with the Weinstein story first but they declined to run with it, so he took it to the New Yorker and the rest is history.

Can’t verify this, but once again what I heard is that Ronan hates Woody Allen and believes that Allen abused his “sister” so he is on a personal crusade to out famous child abusers and sex abusers.


33 posted on 05/08/2018 7:22:23 AM PDT by The Deplorable Miss Lemon (If illegals are here to do the jobs Americans won't do why are so many illegals on welfare?)
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To: Mr. K

Ronan is playing very dangerous game with very dangerous people that don’t play games.........................


34 posted on 05/08/2018 7:22:35 AM PDT by Red Badger (Remember all the great work Obama did for the black community?.............. Me neither.)
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To: miss marmelstein
John Farrow, Ronan and Frankie...............
35 posted on 05/08/2018 7:28:42 AM PDT by Red Badger (Remember all the great work Obama did for the black community?.............. Me neither.)
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To: Red Badger

All these photos show is that the young Mia was attracted to her father and so sought out someone who vaguely resembled him. That’s all it shows. Mia and Ronan are liars.


36 posted on 05/08/2018 7:34:53 AM PDT by miss marmelstein
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To: Red Badger

>> That’s Frankie’s boy alright <<

If he has perfect pitch, I’ll believe it.


37 posted on 05/08/2018 7:38:36 AM PDT by Hawthorn
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To: miss marmelstein

I don’t think Ronan has ever actually claimed paternity from Sinatra. Even though Woody is a jerk, Ronan still claims him as his father...............[no wonder he’s gay]...................


38 posted on 05/08/2018 7:40:13 AM PDT by Red Badger (Remember all the great work Obama did for the black community?.............. Me neither.)
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To: Red Badger

I don’t think that’s true. Ronan is as dishonest as his crazy mother.


39 posted on 05/08/2018 7:40:52 AM PDT by miss marmelstein
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To: Hawthorn

He’s gay, so he might be a ‘catcher’ instead of a ‘pitcher’................


40 posted on 05/08/2018 7:41:01 AM PDT by Red Badger (Remember all the great work Obama did for the black community?.............. Me neither.)
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