Ronan Farrow and NBC News spar over explosive accusations in CatchAndKill
NBC calls Farrow’s suggestion that the network looked the other way amid reports of Lauer’s behavior “absolutely false” and denies being involved in any sexual harassment settlements on the anchor’s behalf prior to his firing. “Only following his termination did we reach agreements with two women who had come forward for the very first time and those women have always been free to share their stories about Lauer with anyone they choose,” NBC News said in a statement.
Oppenheim and others at NBC News maintain that they were trying to work with Farrow on getting the sourcing needed to make the story reportable on-air. “His reporting wasn’t anywhere near ready for airing. There was not a victim on the record,” said Rich Greenberg, head of NBC News’ investigative unit. Farrow was also “overstating his sourcing” in some instances, Greenberg says. “It was unanimous in the review that the story was not ready.”
Oppenheim also told Farrow that the recording and his Weinstein reporting would force them to “make some decisions … like, is this really worth it?”
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