Former NY Times Reporter Says Paper Refused Negative Story on Harvey Weinstein

Former NY Times Reporter Says Paper Refused Negative Story on Harvey Weinstein
Film producer Harvey Weinstein attends the 2016 amfAR New York Gala at Cipriani Wall Street in Manhattan, New York on Feb. 10, 2016. Reuters/Andrew Kelly
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A former Hollywood reporter for the NY Times brings to light that they squashed a Harvey Weinstein story she wrote for the paper back in 2004.
Sharon Waxman published an article in The Wrap detailing her experience trying to get the story published with the Times more than a decade ago, when she was a relatively new reporter there. She refers to The New York Times as a “media enabler” that allowed Weinstein to keep his conduct hidden from public criticism—in light of a recently published self-congratulatory Times article in which the media company praises itself for exposing Weinstein, while holding other media who rejected the story in disdain.
Colin Fredericson
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