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Video Exclusive: Harvey Weinstein with ex-NY Times investigative reporter AFTER she writes sexual harassment story
Sharon Waxman founder of The Wrap at forefront, Harvey Weinstein and Tim Burton
Written by Laurie Gordon
Hollywood's culture of silence, dysfunction and enabling may finally be put to rest or come back up for air after this short commercial break brought to you by The Weinstein Brother (Hands Solo?).
How did Harvey Weinstein end up on a panel moderated by ex-NY Times reporter Sharon Waxman of The Wrap? Or better how did Waxman succeed in becoming the moderator for the panel headed by Weinstein considering she had written a scathing article in regards to Weinstein's sexual harassment back in 2004! The allegations against Weinstein and odd accounting practices by his production company Miramax, Waxman's article which was heavily edited by New York Times editorial staff resulting in Waxman's less than rosy discoveries on Weinstein's behaviour being laid to rest for another 13 years.
Harvey Weinstein at Cannes Film Festival at Lexus sponsored emerging filmmakers event with Tim Burton photo: Getty Images
The panel with Weinstein and Waxman seen here is
includes Tim Burton at the round table with five emerging filmmakers. Moderated by former New York Times reporter Sharon Waxman creator of The Wrap. Filmed at Cannes Film Festival 2013 for Life is Amazing series presented by Lexus.
includesTim Burton at the round table with five emerging filmmakers. Moderated by former New York Times reporter Sharon Waxman creator of The Wrap. Filmed at Cannes Film Festival 2013 for Life is Amazing series presented by Lexus.
video of conference with Waxman, Weinstein and Tim Burton in video below.
VIDEO EXCLUSIVE
The Times’s Executive Editor Responds to Questions About Earlier Weinstein Reporting
By THE NEW YORK TIMES
Some readers have asked us about a piece by Sharon Waxman, a former reporter for The New York Times who went on to found the entertainment news website The Wrap. Ms. Waxman writes that Times editors “gutted” a story she reported in 2004 on sexual harassment allegations against Harvey Weinstein.
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Harvey Weinstein in January. The Weinstein Company announced his termination on Sunday.CreditChris Pizzello/Invision, via Associated Press
Ms. Waxman’s piece was prompted by a Times investigation published last week that found that Mr. Weinstein had sexually harassed numerous women over nearly three decades, and that he had paid at least eight settlements to these women. As a result of the article, Mr. Weinstein was fired from his company on Sunday.
We asked The Times’s executive editor, Dean Baquet, to respond to Ms. Waxman’s allegations. Here is what he said:
I wasn’t here in 2004. But it is unimaginable to me that The Times killed a story because of pressure from Harvey Weinstein, who was and is an advertiser. After all, The Times is an institution that has published investigative reporting that caused our Chinese-language website to be blocked in China.
The top two editors at the time, Bill Keller and Jill Abramson, say they have no recollection of being pressured over Ms. Waxman’s story. And her direct editor, Jonathan Landman, suggested she didn’t have it nailed. The story we published last week took months of work by two experienced investigative reporters. It included the on-the-record accounts of numerous women who were harassed by Mr. Weinstein. It also included the fact that Mr. Weinstein paid settlements to keep women from talking. I’m sure Ms. Waxman believes she had a story. But if you read her own description, she did not have anything near what was revealed in our story. Mainly, she had an off-the-record account from one woman.
