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Views Preview: Sexual Harassment Allegations Waged Against Harvey Weinstein

The fallout from the New York Times’ reporting on harassment allegations against Hollywood movie mogul Harvey Weinstein have meant big changes for the company he co-founded. Why is it taking decades for those stories to become public? 

Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey, New York Times: “Harvey Weinstein paid off sexual harassment accusers for decades”

Sharon Waxman, The Wrap: “Harvey Weinstein fired from The Weinstein Company”

Megan Twohey & Johanna Barr, New York Times: “Lisa Bloom, lawyer advising Harvey Weinstein, resigns amid criticism from board members”

Angelina Chapin, Huffington Post: “Attorney Lisa Bloom drops Harvey Weinstein as sexual harassment allegations escalate”

Anousha Sakoui & Christopher Palmeri, Bloomberg: “Women in Hollywood see chance for change in Weinstein uproar”

Rebecca Traister, The Cut: “Why the Harvey Weinstein sexual-harassment allegations didn’t come out until now”

Meg James, David Ng and Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times: “Weinstein sexual harassment controversy exposes Hollywood’s double standard”

Hermione Hoby, The Guardian: “Harvey Weinstein: Fall of Hollywood player they once called ‘God’”

Jenna Amatulli, Huffington Post: “Harvey Weinstein expresses ‘regret,’ moves to sue the New York Times anyway”

Amy B. Wang: “’When did you meet YOUR Harvey Weinstein?’ Thousands share workplace sex assault stories online.”

Erik Wemple, Washington Post: “Harvey Weinstein’s puzzling legal threat against the New York Times”

Emily Smith, Page Six: “Harvey Weinstein plans to sue New York Times for $50M”

Maureen Ryan, Variety: “Men must step up to change the Hollywood culture the enabled Harvey Weinstein (Opinion)”

Sharon Waxman, The Wrap: “’Harvey Weinstein’s enablers’? The New York Times in one of them”

Question about routes not ‘funny’

Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer: “Cam Newton’s sexist comment to Observer reporter wasn’t one bit funny"
 
Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer: “Panthers’ Cam Newton issues apology, says ‘the joke is really on me’”
 
Mitch Albom, Detroit Free Press: “Mitch Albom: Nothing funny about Cam Newton’s comments to female reporter”
 

David Newton, ESPN: “Cam Newton dons Rosie the Riveter pin as part of pregame attire”

Lorraine Mirabella, Baltimore Sun: “Cam Newton comment loses him one sponsor, but relationship with Under Armour intact”

 

Ames Alexander, Charlotte Observer: “Observer reporter who covers Pathers apologizes for tweets”

Katie Barnes, ESPNW: “Sexism vs. racism – unpacking the Cam Newton-Jourdan Rodrigue converstion”

Jess Wisloski, NBC News: “Watch this 7-yearl old girl teach NFL player Cam Newton a valuable lesson”

Dove does it again

Lucy Pasha-Robinson, Independent: “Dove says it deeply regrets ‘racist’ Facebook advert”

Cleve R. Wootson Jr., Washington Post: “Dove ad that shows a black woman turning herself white sparks consumer backlash”

Scaachi Koul, BuzzFeed: “Dove’s gaffe is part of a history of racist beauty marketing”

The Root Staff, “Is this Dove ad racist?”

Dove, “The Dove Real Beauty pledge”

Jemele Hill Suspended

Brandon Carter, The Hill: “ESPN suspends Jemele Hill for violation of social media policy”

Brandon Katz, The Observer: “ESPN suspends Jemele Hill – right or wrong call?”

Ken Belson & Kevin Draper, New York Times: “Jemele Hill suspended by ESPN after response to Jerry Jones”

Phil Rosenthal, Chicago Tribune: “ESPN suspends anchor Jemele Hill”

Mary Ann Gerogantopolous, BuzzFeed: “ESPN just suspended Jemele Hill over her use of social media”

Facebook’s fact-checking solution

Heather Timmons, Quartz: “Facebook’s latest solution to its fake news problem – sign on a right-wing fact-checker”

Jon Fingas, Engadget: “Facebook aims to balance its fact-checking with a right-wing magazine”

Media Matters Staff, Media Matters for America: “Facebook reportedly plans to work with The Weekly Standard, a serial misinformer, on fact-checking”

Sara Fischer, Axios: “Buzzfeed takes on fake news”

Charles L. Westmoreland, Columbia Daily Tribune: “Editor’s corner: Let’s talk about #fakenews”

Josh Constine, TechCrunch: “Facebook tries fighting fake news wit publisher info button on links”

Steven Perlberg, Mark Di Stefano, BuzzFeed: “Rupert Murdoch is the media’s unlikely hero in the war against Facebook and Google”

We all need more Ramona

Tanya Ballard Brown, NPR: “That time #Ramona made everyone smile for a few minutes”

Elyse Wanshel, Huffington Post: “NPR accidently posts about cute baby instead of news, and people love it

AMY SIMONS teaches news literacy, multimedia journalism and advanced social media strategies.