Fuck Dallas.

I just finished Catch and Kill and at no time did it come across as a vanity project, as this article implies. In fact, Farrow is genuine and quite humble - except of course when he’s nailing the people who tried to shut him down at NBC. This article seems to be suggesting that the work is disingenuous. It is not - it…

Your primary issue with the book is that it’s not about the content of the article that he published, but instead is about the process of creating that article.

Except this book is about all the people who were paid to line up and protect HW & Matt Lauer & Donald Trump & Bill Clinton - and while it covers the tremendous abuse these women faced, it is about the lengths that people (men & WOMEN!) went to to protect the abusers....I still don’t understand the push back.

This review, in my reading, is like getting upset at Spotlight for not telling the stories of the victims from their own perspectives. That movie doesn’t set out to do so, but does set out to tell another compelling story about the same topic, but from a different angle. Both sets of stories give a fuller picture of…

It’s like being mad at All the President’s Men for focusing on Woodward and Bernstein instead of doing a deep dive on the Nixon presidency.

He did a great interview on Fresh Air last week.

Totally agree with you - the story published told the story of the women, this was the story of the lengths to which they went to kill the story.  I’m not sure why she thought this would be something else.  He already did the reporting. 

It seems pretty clear to me that in the course of reporting the Weinstein story - which was presumably first a piece for NBC TV, which by necessity morphed into a print article when it moved to The New Yorker - a second story started to emerge. It’s literally in the title of this book, “Catch & Kill.” Killing Farrow’s…

Number one rule of book reviewing: Review the book in front of you, not the book you fantasize about reading.

Pick up a copy of All The President's Men next time you're in a bookstore.

The book is about NBC killing the story and Farrow trying to get it published.

“the original’s Brenton Thwaites having been replaced by Harris Dickinson” sounds like a parody of Britishness.

Snyder: “I’m sorry, due to your rampant alcoholism we’re gonna have to fire you, this video has emerged-”

Zen koan for the day: is Darren Rovell the Chris Cillizza of sports journalism, or is Chris Cillizza the Darren Rovell of political puditry?

“We’re in a culture where we want to cast judgement on people, we want to disparage people so quickly.”

This line from Brady says it all.

““It’s so easy for us to blame and shame because everyone has a voice now,””

Imagine framing “everyone has a voice now” as a negative. 

Another reminder that Tom Brady is football Tom Cruise.

I am so so so glad you wrote this. I have a special place in my heart for Michael K. I used to read that site 20 times a day. His writing is hilarious and sharp at the same time. He is unlike any other blogger/writer I’ve read. Thank you for this article. It warmed my old heart!