I don't recall Harvey Weinstein accusing the conglomerate media of "reckless reporting" for its promotion of sexual crime since 2010. It's only since the New York Times has, uncharacteristically, published the results of an investigation of his behavior that he thinks the media isn't being fair.
Will the response of the New York Times to Mr. Weinstein's threat of a lawsuit be to follow Rolling Stone's lead and attack its own editors, reporters and sources?
What is Mr. Weinstein doing during his supposedly therapeutic leave of absence? Is he reading feminist literature? Is he obtaining psychological treatment? Is he gathering other moguls to form a support group for Recovering Chauvinists? Is he perhaps not doing those things and instead spending all day on the phone, calling in favors and looking for ways to ruin the careers and lives of everyone who was part of the article and everyone who has supported the victims? Has he hired private investigators to look for anything that could be construed as compromising in the pasts and presents of those whom he perceives as his enemies?
Probably, the most dramatic and consequential repercussions of the New York Times article are taking place, and will continue to take place, when and where the public won't know about them, until the status quo is restored.
How much money will the New York Times ultimately pay to Mr. Weinstein, in the latest episode of rich criminals attacking people who tell the truth about them?
Copyright L. Kochman, October 7, 2017 @ 9:42 a.m.
