"Here's the thing," she tells Kantor, "I have been treated quite shabbily by your paper at times and I believe the root of it is sexism…. I haven’t read his article yet, but I’m inten. Are the two men he sees sitting in a car outside his apartment, both with Russian/Ukrainian accents, really after him? Where Chefs Eat, $21.24 He smiled. He Said/She Said – Book Review I received He Said/She Said in exchange for an honest review Erin Kelly is an author who I’ve meant to read for years – I’ve actually had her debut The Poison Tree sat on my shelf for longer than I can remember. Such atrocities make one long to see Weinstein tackled; but when he's finally brought down, it's with more of a whimper than a bang. ‘Ronan,' she replied, I am his people. Jodi and Megan are relentless rockstars! This book deserves to be read. Just a year earlier, he said, "my career was on the rocks. Welcome back. Then the book petere. Interestingly enough, there was another journalist that worked on the same topic, Ronan Farrow, who wrote for The New Yorker, and published his article a few days later, on October 10th 2017. "The last time I answered a call from Lisa Bloom that summer, I expressed astonishment," Farrow tells us late in his book. Otherwise, average readers have nothing in the book! Sitemap | He cut me off. Doing the kind of gumshoe work that delivers results even in the Internet age, Kantor and Twohey persevere through failure after failure. ", "I've got it," Lauer tells him. I listened to the audiobook and it was really hard to listen to at times, but it was also so informative about the start of the #MeToo movement, and I want to punch Harvey Weinstein and Brett Kavanaugh in the face. Secret meetings with sources, computer systems meant to keep developing stories accessible to only a handful of writers and editors, the delicate phrasing needed to get a source to talk or to go on record, the difficult ch. Weinstein used his wealth to hire top-tier attorneys to craft airtight confidentiality agreements that his accusers had to sign in order to receive compensation. Does he also recall that he "slid his glasses off, inspected them"? | EU Privacy Preferences. Secret meetings with sources, computer systems meant to keep developing stories accessible to only a handful of writers and editors, the delicate phrasing needed to get a source to talk or to go on record, the difficult choice of when to publish the story - I love that stuff, and this book is full of it. However, from a neutral perspective, the perspective of a reader, the book is written in a wayward manner that can pull the inappropriate strings of boredom at times. He said: Sorry for the delay in our reviews. Everybody said this was a good read, and it was. While Kantor focuses on Hollywood, Twohey turns to public records, visiting state agencies and scouring social media to track down a government inspector who may have overseen harassment filings — only to learn, when she's reached, that she has no memory of anything. However, I didn't realize how much it would hit me emotionally. I love journalism books, and this was one of the truest to that form. He also used media via The National Enquirer to either bury personal accounts or to discredit the victims; and used security firms like Black Cube to intimidate women accusers. And this book is a rare view for nonjournalists into the exacting and rigorous process of quality reporting, and it acts as an … Some people lecture them that Weinstein's sex life is his own business; others treat them as naive idealists; one, a lawyer, offers to help and is willing to sit down and talk — but that's Bloom (who else?) AdChoices I'm already dead,' he said. | California Privacy Rights She Said, is written by the two women NYT reporters that helped to take Harvey Weinstein down and poured gasoline on the #Me Too movement. How much anyone cared became evident when his story broke in the New Yorker in October 2017, and when he — along with The New York Times' Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey — shared a Pulitzer Prize. "She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story that Helped Ignite a Movement" by Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey, the behind-the-scenes book about how these reporters investigated Harvey Weinstein, is jarring, riveting and, for journalism, necessary. This is the craft of true journalism and th. Kantor has come off a stint as White House reporter (she's the author of a solid biography, The Obamas), while Twohey has been on the Trump/women beat when they start delving into the executive's activities. I can't tell you the number of times it made me furious about our society, and especially our elected "leaders." Highly recommended for those who have been following the #metoo movement. But that quickly changes. ‘Where do you see yourself in a few years?' The details of the mechanics of the journalism involved were especially interested (e.g. No matter how egregious the crimes committed against them, they are too terrified to speak until a sisterhood of women unite and provide the strength to do so, perhaps the greatest lesson in the book. How does she live with hersel. And what thugs they are. This account also has a lot more build out of the Weinstein organization & detailing how his predation was a part of toxic pattern within a corporation willing to facilitate his behavior in the name of liability management to the point where the liability could not be contained. Jodi and Megan did such an amazing job of telling a story that will you leave you enraged and vindicated. On May 6, 2018, Ronan Farrow — the son of one celebrity (Mia Farrow) and estranged son of another (Woody Allen); the wunderkind who entered Yale Law School at 16, joined the State Department at 21 and became an MSNBC host shortly thereafter; the investigative journalist extraordinaire who exposed Harvey Weinstein in all his malignancy — delivered the commencement address at Loyola Marymount University. The extent to which these characters go to cover up their actions is truly amazing. I read it in one sitting. Kantor and Twohey are the two New York Times investigative reporters that broke the story about Harvey Weinstein’s habitual sexual harassment towards women.

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