Why didn’t NBC run Ronan Farrow’s Harvey Weinstein story last summer when it could? Why did the network encourage him to find another outlet for the piece? It seems Farrow, his producer and the network’s chairman have different takes as to why.
Maxwell Tani & Lachlan Cartwright, Daily Beast: “Sources: NBC threatened Ronan Farrow if he kept reporting on Harvey Weinstein”
John Koblin, New York Times: “Ronan Farrow’s ex-producer says NBC impeded Weinstein reporting”
Brian Steinberg, Variety: “Why NBC News can’t shake Ronan Farrow’s Weinstein story”
Lia Eustachewich, New York Post: “Ex-producer slams NBC News over Ronan Farrow controversy”
Stephen Battaglio, Los Angeles Times: “NBC News denies that it tried to shut down Ronan Farrow’s Harvey Weinstein reporting”
Rob McLean & Brian Stelter, CNN: “Former NBC producer who worked on Ronan Farrow’s Harvey Weinstein reporting breaks silence”
Samuel Chamberlain, Fox News: “Ronan Farrow ex-producer says NBC told them to stop reporting Weinstein story”
Jesselyn Cook, Huffington Post: “NBC has made no changes in response to blowing the Weinstein story”
Axios: “NBC defends not publishing Ronan Farrow’s Harvey Weinstein story”
Abid Rahman, The Hollywood Reporter: “Weinstein accuser Emily Nestor backs Ronan Farrow in row with ‘shameful’ NBC”
CNN Media: “Who’s who in the NBC News vs. Ronan Farrow saga”
FCC Chair: Transparency law may be needed
Ajit Pai, Medium: “What I hope to learn from the tech giants”
Jacob Kastrenakes, The Verge: “FCC chairman says Twitter, Facebook, Google may need transparency law”
Tony Romm, Washington Post: “Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg, Twitter’s Jack Dorsey to face questions from Congress about Russia and censorship this week”
Dawn C. Chmielewski, Deadline Hollywood: “Senate Intelligence committee declines Google chief legal officer’s offer to testify”
Jailing journalists
Shoon Niang & Aye Min Thant, Reuters: “Myanmar court jails Reuters reporters for seven years in landmark secrets case”
Richard C. Paddock, New York Times: “Myanmar sentences Reuters journalists to 7 years in prison”
Committee to Protect Journalists: “CPJ condemns conviction in Myanmar of Reuter’s Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo”
Human Rights Watch: “Myanmar: 7 years for reporting the truth”
James Doubek, NPR: “Reuters journalists in Myanmar convicted, sentenced to 7 years”
Is it Myanmar or Burma? Or both?
Mark Memmott, NPR: “Myanmar is also known as Burma, but we won’t keep repeating that” (2015)
BBC: “Who, what, why: Should it be Burma or Myanmar?”
New Yorker Festival drops Bannon
Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline Hollywood: “New Yorker Festival drops Steve Bannon in wake of backlash”
Erin Nyren, Variety: “New Yorker Festival drops Steve Bannon from lineup after numerous participants pull out”
Erik Wemple, Washington Post: “New Yorker bails on Steve Bannon interview”
Gabe Cohen, New York Times: “Steve Bannon headlines New Yorker Festival”
100 Days in Appalachia
100 Days in Appalachia: “What do young Appalachains really think about politics? 100 Days is going to find out”
The Children of Central City
Kristen Hare, Poynter: “The Times-Picayune spent an entire school year with a kids’ football team to tell the story of childhood trauma”
The Times-Picayune: “The Children of Central City”
Jonathan Bullington, The Times-Picayune: “New Orleans city council urges schools to address trauma in student lives”
Richard Webster, The Times-Picayune: “New Orleans city council calls for increase in trauma services for children”
Institute of Women & Ethnic Studies: In that Number
Kaepernick, the new face of Nike
Kevin Draper & Ken Belson, New York Times: “Colin Kaepernick, face of NFL protests, is face of new Nike campaign”
Frank Schwab, Yahoo Sports: “Nike makes Colin Kaepernick the face of ‘Just Do It’ 30th anniversary campaign”
Ryan Gaydos, Fox News: “Backlash after Colin Kaepernick named face of Nike ad”
Will Burns, Forbes: “With new Kaepernick ad, what does Nike believe in?”
Arizona Republic: “Pat Tillman focus of social media outrage over Kaepernick Nike ad”
Darrell Lincoln, TotalProSports.com: “Outraged fans are cutting Nike swooshes off apparel after Kaepernick announcement”
