Democratic Hypocrite Matt Damon and the Failing New York Times accused of covering up Weinstein sexual predation 13 years ago.steemCreated with Sketch.

in #news7 years ago

The Failing New York Times and Matt Damon are accused of enabling Harvey Weinstein continue his disgusting practices without national scrutiny 13 years ago.

Supposedly according to former New York Times journalist Sharon Waxman:

"In 2004, I was still a fairly new reporter at The New York Times when I got the green light to look into oft-repeated allegations of sexual misconduct by Weinstein. It was believed that many occurred in Europe during festivals and other business trips there."

"I also tracked down a woman in London who had been paid off after an unwanted sexual encounter with Weinstein. She was terrified to speak because of her non-disclosure agreement, but at least we had evidence of a pay-off."

"The story I reported never ran.

After intense pressure from Weinstein, which included having Matt Damon and Russell Crowe call me directly to vouch for Lombardo and unknown discussions well above my head at the Times, the story was gutted."

“He’s not a publicly elected official,” he told me. I explained, to no avail, that a public company would certainly have a problem with a procurer on the payroll for hundreds of thousands of dollars. At the time, Disney told me they had no idea Lombardo existed."

"Today I wonder: If this story had come to light at the time, would Weinstein have continued his behavior for another decade, evidenced by the scathing 2015 memo by former staffer Lauren O’Connor unearthed by Kantor and Twohey."

https://www.thewrap.com/media-enablers-harvey-weinstein-new-york-times/

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