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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: NBC’s handling of a scandal involving one of its hosts was the earliest sign it was deeply uneasy covering sexual abuse.
Chapter 2: Farrow started probing a Hollywood studio chief after an actress alleged that she’d been raped.
Chapter 3: Harvey Weinstein’s conduct was an open secret, but fear kept his victims from speaking out.
Chapter 4: Farrow’s own history helped him earn McGowan’s trust, but she still hesitated to name Weinstein on camera.
Chapter 5: A tape captured during a 2015 police sting held clear solid proof of Weinstein’s wrongdoing.
Chapter 6: Farrow succeeded in obtaining the Gutierrez tape, but resistance to his ongoing investigation was steadily mounting.
Chapter 7: A tip from another journalist gave Farrow enough evidence to start contemplating publication.
Chapter 8: Farrow’s boss at NBC, Noah Oppenheim, slammed the brakes on his investigation in the summer of 2017.
Chapter 9: NBC axed Farrow’s story after a string of calls between Weinstein and the network’s top staff.
Chapter 10: The New Yorker agreed to run Farrow’s story if he could secure another source.
Chapter 11: Weinstein’s last-ditch bid to block publication failed, and Farrow’s story went public in October 2017.
Chapter 12: NBC’s internal culture of harassment and secrecy left it vulnerable to Weinstein’s pressure.
Description
Catch and Kill (2019) is the gripping inside account of how the abuses of Hollywood’s most notorious predator, Harvey Weinstein, were brought to light. Along the way, veteran investigative reporter Ronan Farrow unpicks the conspiracy of silence that attempted to prevent his findings from ever being published and help Weinstein evade accountability for his history of sexual harassment, assault, and rape.
Who Should Listen
- Journalists and reporters
- Media industry insiders
- Women’s rights advocates