How Did NBC Miss Out on a Harvey Weinstein Exposé?<br />“We are there in service of women doing something really tough,” Mr. Farrow told the host, “and I hope people hear their voices and focus on that.”<br />The next day, however, the media and entertainment industries were still discussing how<br />and why Mr. Farrow’s story on allegations of sexual abuse levied against the film mogul Harvey Weinstein by numerous women had ended up being published by The New Yorker — after it began as an investigative report for NBC News.<br />Suffice to say, the stunning story, the incredible story<br />that we all read yesterday, was not the story that we were looking at when we made our judgment several months ago.”<br />Mr. Oppenheim said NBC News “couldn’t be prouder” of Mr. Farrow, who is no longer under contract with the network.<br />In fact, there were multiple determinations that it was reportable at NBC.”<br />When Ms. Maddow pressed him to explain what had happened with NBC, he said, “Look,<br />you would have to ask NBC and NBC executives about the details of that story.”<br />At the annual town hall meeting, Mr. Oppenheim said NBC had determined over the summer<br />that Mr. Farrow’s reporting lacked some elements it needed for publication, but that he had since filled the gaps.<br />By the time Mr. Farrow had given up on the idea that the story would air on NBC, he had on-camera interviews — with the subjects’ faces<br />rendered in shadow — with employees at the Weinstein Company as well as other victims of harassment and assault, the people said.
