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Summary of Catch and Kill 

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“Catch and Kill” is based on two years of reporting and draws on interviews with several sources. The occurrences in this summary occurred between late 2016 and 2019 and chronicle Ronan Farrow’s experiences as he tried to uncover Harvey Weinstein’s sexual crimes. Ronan Farrow is a graduate of Yale Law school, a member of the New York Bar, and a contributing writer for The New Yorker, where his investigative reporting has won the Pulitzer Prize for public service, the National Magazine Award, and the George Polk Award, among other honors. “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men.” ~ John Dalberg-Acton

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Power is a delicate thing; it is capable of protecting evil and obscuring the truth

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Silence in the face of evil is itself evil. ~ Dietrich Bonhoeffer
In 2017, Ronan Farrow stumbled on an investigation that led him to Harvey Weinstein’s crimes. He wasn’t the first to discover this, but he was the only one brave enough to want to uncover the evil that Weinstein had managed to perpetuate over time.

Harvey Weinstein was a well-known producer, greatly respected and, of course, feared by many people in Hollywood and the media. He was the maker of talent and the godfather of many actors and actresses. But this maker was also a destroyer, a fact that these same people were aware of.

This summary details the untold stories that led to the fall of Weinstein and explains the effort that the media put into protecting powerful people from being hit by the long arm of the law.

Keep reading to understand better how Farrow destroyed the culture of silence that surrounded Weinstein’s continued sexual abuse and broke a story that shook the world to its foundations.
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It was difficult to believe Harvey Weinstein who supported charitable causes could be a sexual predator

The movie industry had never seen anyone like Harvey Weinstein. With over 300 Oscar nominations under his belt, he was every actor’s dream producer. He started his first company, Miramax with his brother Bob, which Disney acquired in the early 90s. When this acquisition failed, he started the Weinstein company.
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Every victim that came forward to accuse Weinstein of sexual abuse was either paid off or labeled crazy by the media

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Journalists tried to report the Weinstein story, but they stopped because they couldn't afford to risk their careers

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Like every other story about powerful people, the Weinstein story needed a lot of evidence

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Harvey Weinstein’s team made sure to use the victims’ past as a counter to their allegations

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Non-disclosure agreements prevented Weinstein's victims from publicly discussing their encounter with him

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Weinstein's employees helped him with whatever he wanted because they didn’t want to lose their jobs

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Harvey Weinstein paid the Black Cube to carry out his investigations and stalk his rivals

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Every piece of evidence had a positive effect; it convinced more victims to come forward and share their stories

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Ronan Farrow chose to continue with the Weinstein story even when his job was on the line

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Many actresses asked that they remained anonymous when they shared their stories

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Many media houses killed the negative stories of powerful people in exchange for funding or other benefits

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Other powerful men such as Donald Trump and Arnold Schwarzenegger were also predators whose victims wanted justice too

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