Book review: CatchAndKill and SheSaid
When we first meet him, Farrow is a recovering talk show host, still licking his wounds from the ignominious failure ofand facing the uncomfortable fact that his new home, NBC, doesn't want to run his investigative piece about sexual assaults on campus. This is merely the first ping in an endless series of sallies between the reporter and his employers.
More disappointing still, as Farrow portrays them, are Oppenheim and NBC News chairman Andy Lack. The author starts off by claiming how much he admires the youthful Oppenheim, who "had a quality I lacked and envied, which was this: he was insouciant, laid-back, cool." But that quickly changes.
"‘I know, I know,' he said. ‘That's what you think you want.' I opened my mouth. He cut me off. ‘You're searching for something.' He slid his glasses off, inspected them. ‘Maybe you'll find it. But you're going to have to figure out yourself. What you really care about.' He smiled." So does the way Farrow undermines Oppenheim with discreet jabs, reminding us that his then-boss was once a right-wing columnist for a student paper , while letting others poke fun at Oppenheim's ineptitude as a screenwriter:Attacks of this kind might be understandable, given what Farrow went through, but they hint at an unappealing score-settling and self-righteousness.
Like Farrow, they begin with McGowan when they obtain her number, only she resists. "Here's the thing," she tells Kantor, "I have been treated quite shabbily by your paper at times and I believe the root of it is sexism… TheWhile sticking with her, they throw out a wider net, seeking private email addresses and phone numbers, asking one lead to help reach another and embarking on searches that "turned into full investigations themselves.
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