NBC News' president says Ronan Farrow is engaged in an 'effort to defame NBC News.' In his new book, Farrow alleges there was a 'corporate coverup' at NBC, where he was investigating Harvey Weinstein in 2017.
New York In an extraordinary new letter, NBC News president Noah Oppenheim says former employee Ronan Farrow is engaged in an"effort to defame NBC News."
Oppenheim says Farrow"is clearly motivated not by a pursuit of truth, but an axe to grind." And he says Farrow's new book"Catch and Kill" is"built on a series of distortions, confused timelines, and outright inaccuracies."Farrow, meanwhile, says NBC is putting out"lies."The dispute centers on Farrow's account of a"corporate coverup" at NBC, where he was investigating Harvey Weinstein in 2017.
— Rich McHugh October 14, 2019 Speaking on"The View" on Monday, Farrow said that the overarching theme of his book is about"systems designed to silence," and how those systems must be ended.One such system, he asserts, are settlement deals with employees who allege wrongdoing.And that, too, is a matter of dispute with NBC. Oppenheim seemingly timed the release of his memo to Farrow's appearance on a rival network,"CBS This Morning," on Monday.
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