Open Warfare Erupts Between NBC News and Ronan Farrow

By John Koblin

The discord between NBC News and Ronan Farrow went public on Monday night.

At 7 p.m., Andrew Lack, the chairman of NBC News, sent an email to network staff members arguing that Mr. Farrow’s reporting last year on the film mogul Harvey Weinstein was not “fit for broadcast.”

Hours later, Mr. Farrow fired back at his ex-boss with a pointed statement that took issue with Mr. Lack’s version of events.

Mr. Farrow, while working on contract for NBC, spent eight months reporting on the alleged transgressions of Mr. Weinstein — only to end up publishing an award-winning series centered on the film executive and his many accusers in The New Yorker magazine.

Since then, people in media and entertainment have wondered why the network allowed the reporter to go out the door with the makings of such a big story.

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Source: The New York Times (via Empire Report New York)