Journalists around this that, you know, this was shut down. And much of that has now been admitted to in the conversation welcome to hardtalk. In the wake of this book. Im sarah montague. The journalist ronan farrow won a Pulitzer Prize for his investigation but it is not the same catch of Harvey Weinstein. His revelations about the film and kill practice in the literal producer prompted an outpouring sense which involves the acquisition of rage at the way women had been treated and triggered the metoo of the rights to a story in a financial transaction, movement an attempt at breaking and then the killing of it. The silence around Sexual Assault. Ok, now nbc would probably not i mean, they rebut a lot in his new book catch and kill, hes posing difficult questions of the allegations that about the powerful media youve made about them, institutions he says tried but why do you think, to suppress the story. When you where there working so how did the hollywood insider, for them and tryin
Now on bbc news, Sarah Montague talks to journalist ronan farrow, who won a Pulitzer Prize for his investigation of Harvey Weinstein, in hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk. Im Sarah Montague. The journalist ronan farrow won a Pulitzer Prize for his investigation of Harvey Weinstein. His revelations about the Film Producer prompted an outpouring of rage at the way women had been treated and triggered the Metoo Movement an attempt at breaking the silence around Sexual Assault. In his new book catch and kill, hes posing difficult questions about the powerful media institutions he says tried to suppress the story. So how did the hollywood insider, the son of mia farrow and woody allen, break the story that took the shine off tinseltown . Ronan farrow, welcome to hardtalk. Good to be here. Now, many people wont be familiar with the expression catch and kill. Can you explain what it means . Catch and kill is an old term in american tabloid journalism. It refers to buying the rights to a story not
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The Atlantic Council. 2024 marks arguably the most important year for democracy in the in our lifetimes there will be elections where 50 of humanity will be voting representing more than 60 of global gdp. And and some 70 countries at a time when we them and Freedom House are tracking the upward tragic story of authoritarianism and the downward trajectory of democracy and democratic rights rights, how we navigate this period and how we navigate this election in the United States has. Generational consequences. In that spirit, i want to commend matt kroenig and dan negrea for significant contribution to the debate over future of americas role in the world, which ultimately will grow of the strength of our democracy and the strength of our and how we define ourselves so read it. If you dont read it, buy. And give copies to your friends. Its a its its ive, i cant say ive read it all. Ive skimmed through it, ive read quite a bit of it already and its a very intelligent, lee argued, argued t
The Atlantic Council. 2024 marks arguably the most important year for democracy in the in our lifetimes there will be elections where 50 of humanity will be voting representing more than 60 of global gdp. And and some 70 countries at a time when we them and Freedom House are tracking the upward tragic story of authoritarianism and the downward trajectory of democracy and democratic rights rights, how we navigate this period and how we navigate this election in the United States has. Generational consequences. In that spirit, i want to commend matt kroenig and dan negrea for significant contribution to the debate over future of americas role in the world, which ultimately will grow of the strength of our democracy and the strength of our and how we define ourselves so read it. If you dont read it, buy. And give copies to your friends. Its a its its ive, i cant say ive read it all. Ive skimmed through it, ive read quite a bit of it already and its a very intelligent, lee argued, argued t