by Ronan Farrow
2 “but later said it was inappropriate sexual behavior”: Emily Smith and Yaron Steinbuch, “Matt Lauer Allegedly Sexually Harassed Staffer During Olympics,” Page Six, New York Post, November 29, 2017.
3 “We found no evidence”: Claire Atkinson, “NBCUniversal Report Finds Managers Were Unaware of Matt Lauer’s Sexual Misconduct,” NBC News, May 9, 2018.
4 resisted calls for an independent investigation: Maxwell Tani, “Insiders Doubt NBC Did a Thorough Job on Its #MeToo Probe,” Daily Beast, May 11, 2018, and David Usborne, “The Peacock Patriarchy,” Esquire, August 5, 2018.
5 the complaints about Lauer were an open secret: Ramin Setoodeh and Elizabeth Wagmeister, “Matt Lauer Accused of Sexual Harassment by Multiple Women,” Variety, November 29, 2017.
6 “Keep bending over like that”: Matt Lauer quoted in David Usborne, “The Peacock Patriarchy,” Esquire, August 5, 2018.
7 “It was shouted from the mountaintops”: Joe Scarborough quoted in David Usborne, “The Peacock Patriarchy,” Esquire, August 5, 2018.
8 “NOW YOU’RE KILLING ME”: Ramin Setoodeh, “Inside Matt Lauer’s Secret Relationship with a Today Production Assistant (EXCLUSIVE),” Variety, December 14, 2017.
9 he’d pulled down her pants, bent her over a chair, and had sex with her: Ellen Gabler, Jim Rutenberg, Michael M. Grynbaum and Rachel Abrams, “NBC Fires Matt Lauer, the Face of Today,” New York Times, November 29, 2017.
CHAPTER 56
1 “They know exactly what they’ve done”: Ari Wilkenfeld quoted in Elizabeth Wagmeister, “Matt Lauer Accuser’s Attorney Says NBC Has Failed His Client During Today Interview,” Variety, December 15, 2017.
CHAPTER 57
1 fired Mark Halperin: Oliver Darcy, “Five Women Accuse Journalist and Game Change Co-Author Mark Halperin of Sexual Harassment,” CNNMoney website, October 26, 2017.
2 Days later, NBC fired Matt Zimmerman: Variety Staff, “NBC News Fires Talent Booker Following Harassment Claims,” Variety, November 14, 2017.
3 a verbal harassment allegation against Chris Matthews: Erin Nyren, “Female Staffer Who Accused Chris Matthews of Sexual Harassment Received Severance from NBC,” Variety, December 17, 2017.
4 three women had accused Tom Brokaw of unwanted advances: Emily Stewart, “Tom Brokaw Is Accused of Sexual Harassment. He Says He’s Been ‘Ambushed,’” Vox, Updated May 1, 2018.
5 said he’d propositioned them and that they’d felt frightened: Elizabeth Wagmeister and Ramin Setoodeh, “Tom Brokaw Accused of Sexual Harassment By Former NBC Anchor,” Variety, April 26, 2018.
6 furious, heartbroken, denied it all: Marisa Guthrie, “Tom Brokaw Rips ‘Sensational’ Accuser Claims: I Was ‘Ambushed and Then Perp Walked,’” Hollywood Reporter, April 27, 2018.
7 “NBC’s self inflicted wound”: Email from Tom Brokaw to Ronan Farrow, January 11, 2018.
8 the Washington Post: Sarah Ellison, “NBC News Faces Skepticism in Remedying In-House Sexual Harassment,” Washington Post, April 26, 2018.
9 Esquire: David Usborne, “The Peacock Patriarchy,” Esquire, August 5, 2018.
10 Daily Beast: Lachlan Cartwright and Maxwell Tani, “Accused Sexual Harassers Thrived Under NBC News Chief Andy Lack,” Daily Beast, September 21, 2018.
11 Franco said: Maxwell Tani, “Insiders Doubt NBC Did a Thorough Job on Its #MeToo Probe,” Daily Beast, May 11, 2018. (NBC News later maintained that the outreach to Curry was part of its official research for its internal report on Lauer. In a statement to the Daily Beast, it said, “As soon as we learned about Ann Curry’s comments to The Washington Post, which we considered relevant to our investigation, a senior NBCUniversal employment lawyer on the investigation team reached out to her directly and they had a conversation on April 25, 2018.”)
CHAPTER 58
1 saying that the reporting had been killed: John Koblin, “Ronan Farrow’s Ex-Producer Says NBC Impeded Weinstein Reporting,” New York Times, August 30, 2018.
2 “Farrow never had a victim”: Internal memo from Andy Lack, “Facts on the NBC News Investigation of Harvey Weinstein,” September 3, 2018.
3 “they were not interested in this interview”: Emily Nestor quoted in Abid Rahman, “Weinstein Accuser Emily Nestor Backs Ronan Farrow in Row with ‘Shameful’ NBC,” Hollywood Reporter, September 3, 2018.
4 “Nothing about me has ever waivered”: Ambra Battilana (@AmbraBattilana) on Twitter, September 4, 2018.
5 “didn’t take anything out of context”: former senior Miramax executive quoted by Yashar Ali (@Yashar) on Twitter, September 4, 2018.
6 “misleading and incorrect account”: Abby Ex (@abbylynnex) on Twitter, September 4, 2018.
7 “should be handled separately”: Ed Sussman, proposed edit to NBC News Wikipedia page, “Talk:NBC News,” Wikipedia, February 14, 2018.
8 a network of friendly accounts: Ashley Feinberg, “Facebook, Axios and NBC Paid This Guy to Whitewash Wikipedia Pages,” HuffPost, March 14, 2019.
CHAPTER 59
1 “Now the future….”: Email from Tom Brokaw to Ronan Farrow, October 13, 2017.
2 “Many powerful people knew what Harvey Weinstein was doing”: Tucker Carlson Tonight, Fox News, October 11, 2017.