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How NBC gave up Ronan Farrow's explosive Harvey Weinstein scoop
CNN ^ | October 11, 2017 | Brian Stelter

Posted on 10/11/2017 5:32:22 PM PDT by C19fan

Last year NBC News was scooped on one of the biggest stories of the year -- Donald Trump talking about groping women on NBC's "Access Hollywood" tape. The Washington Post published it first. Now NBC is under scrutiny for another missed opportunity. Reporter and NBC contributor Ronan Farrow pursued leads about Harvey Weinstein's misconduct for months, but NBC passed on the chance to publish his story.

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TOPICS: Conspiracy; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: 30rock; alecbaldwin; clintonfoundation; cnbc; districtofcolumbia; harveyweinstein; hillaryclinton; jamestoback; lornemichaels; msm; msnbc; nbc; nobrainscollectively; ronanfarrow; saturdaynightlive; saturdaynightvile; washingtoncompost; washingtonpost; weinstein
Pretty simple. NBC News is part of NBC-Universal. Everyone knows Universal is a major studio. They did not want to rock the boat in Hollywood.

Want to find out who really rules over you? Find out who you can’t criticize. - Voltaire

1 posted on 10/11/2017 5:32:22 PM PDT by C19fan
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To: C19fan

Thank you for the quote from Voltaire


2 posted on 10/11/2017 5:35:03 PM PDT by Maine Mariner
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To: C19fan

Don’t you just love the way Brian Seltzer manages to get the old left-wing story about Donald Trump groping women in the first sentence of a story about Harvey Weinstein?


3 posted on 10/11/2017 5:36:13 PM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: Cicero

Stelter.


4 posted on 10/11/2017 5:36:54 PM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: C19fan

CNN is Hitler’s American version of the Ministry of Enlightenment and Propaganda. These Nazis shouldn’t be allowed to spew their lies and disinformation on FR.

And no, we don’t need to post CNN crap to see what the enemy is writing about.

FR: BAN CNN!


5 posted on 10/11/2017 5:38:42 PM PDT by sergeantdave
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To: Cicero

Does anyone seriously wonder why ?


6 posted on 10/11/2017 5:39:15 PM PDT by Col Frank Slade
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To: C19fan
That could explain why SNL didn't want to joke about Weinstein.

It could be about shared liberalism or it could be about Lorne Michaels identifying as a wanna-be mogul with Weinstein.

It could also be about NBC Universal's business connections with Weinstein.

Or it could because the network failed to cover the story and didn't want to remind people of that.

7 posted on 10/11/2017 5:40:59 PM PDT by x
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To: Cicero
FUCNN

They think they are so slick.

8 posted on 10/11/2017 5:53:45 PM PDT by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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To: Cicero

We have hours of video of Vice President Joe Biden groping little girls and no one says a word about it.


9 posted on 10/11/2017 5:57:45 PM PDT by Bodleian_Girl (Check out James Wood on Twitter - it's great! @realjameswoods)
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Why does leftest Buzzfeed have nothing to say about weinstein?...well...NBC paid them $200 million swamp https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-11-21/nbcuniversal-makes-another-200-million-investment-in-buzzfeed
10 posted on 10/11/2017 6:05:51 PM PDT by Duke of Milan
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To: C19fan

Same way ABC spiked the Clinton Rape Story


11 posted on 10/11/2017 6:37:17 PM PDT by uncbob
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To: C19fan

SNL is part of the Hollywood swamp. Funny that they blame Trump for making a statement but bury Weinstein’s TRUE indiscretions over decades.


12 posted on 10/11/2017 7:15:32 PM PDT by VeniVidiVici (Democrats destroy the Middle Class. It's what they do.)
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To: VeniVidiVici

They had a chance to grill Hillary with her ridiculous book name and they passed to replay the same old ridicule of Trump.


13 posted on 10/11/2017 7:19:01 PM PDT by morphing libertarian (A proud member of the Ruthie Bader Afternoon Nap Club)
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To: uncbob

I think that was NBC.


14 posted on 10/11/2017 8:12:32 PM PDT by Ken H (Best election ever!)
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