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Even The Wolf likely can't clean up Harvey Weinstein's pending troubles

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Double Down, Oct 5, 2017.

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  1. YankeeFan

    YankeeFan Well-Known Member



     
  2. YankeeFan

    YankeeFan Well-Known Member

    I assume Nichole Eggert is telling the truth, but, now, any time I see Lisa Bloom involved, it causes me concern.

     
  3. Inky_Wretch

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  4. YankeeFan

    YankeeFan Well-Known Member

    Another news organization gets scooped on the sexual harassers in their own employ.

    The News has been very tough on Trump, but it took an NPR story to get them to finally fire a guy, who had harassed women for years, and who had been under investigation for over a month.

    For Moore, the investigation began in December when at least four women went to the new owners of the Daily News with their allegations. But it did not seem to gather steam until earlier this month when an NPR story revealed that Moore was the subject of a complaint.

    He had a crown on the desk and had dubbed himself “King Rob,” former staffers on the paper told The Post. Others relayed stories of a more serious nature.

    “Women were terrified of him,” said one staffer who had filed a complaint.

    Moore frequently boasted about getting rid of women who did not go along with him, sources said.

    The News no longer had women reporting directly into Jones, but sources said he would frequently hit on women in other departments with comments that made them uncomfortable.


     
  5. YankeeFan

    YankeeFan Well-Known Member

    Sounds like the behavior of both Moore and Jones was an “open secret”.

    Please advise me to whom I should direct my outrage.

    At the New York Daily News, the managing editor, Rob Moore, has been heard on more than one occasion offering a piece of advice to those around him: Don’t go to human resources to complain about me, or you’re out of here.

    “I heard that with my own ears,” said a former female staffer. “It was like his motto.”

    This wasn’t bluster. This was a tactic. A second former staffer said Moore for years would brag openly about punishing or firing employees who complained about him ― specifically as a warning to other would-be complainants. The message was well understood, and it reverberated around the newsroom. New York Daily News employees warned one another not to get on Moore’s “bad side,” said a third former staffer.
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    “Everyone knew about this ― like, everyone,” said the first staffer.
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    In the office, he had a habit of calling employees over to show them photos of women he’d slept with, according to multiple former staffers. “When it came to his sexual harassment, it often consisted of him bragging about his sexual exploits,” one staffer said. “He would often make co-workers uncomfortable with his bragging, sometimes showing pictures — not naked pictures, but certainly suggestive pictures — of women he was with.”
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    Moore isn’t alone in being investigated. On Thursday, HuffPost confirmed that Tronc is also looking into allegations of workplace harassment against Alexander “Doc” Jones, the managing editor of the Sunday desk. Six employees HuffPost spoke to said Jones had a “pattern” of behaving creepily toward young women in the newsroom.


    “As a woman starting a job at the Daily News, you’re given a card key and a warning about Doc,” a current staffer told us.

    NY Daily News Editor Accused Of Harassment Fostered A Culture Of Silence | HuffPost
     
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  7. YankeeFan

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  8. lakefront

    lakefront Well-Known Member

    You beat me to it. I don't pay for the NYT so I am looking forward to what everyone has to say.
     
  9. YankeeFan

    YankeeFan Well-Known Member

    She was raped by an actor she doesn't name when she was starting out.

    Weinstein attacked her in London, and later threatened to ruin her career.

    She told Tarantino about the London attack. Tarantino had her do her own stunt in Kill Bill, driving an unsafe car, in which sh nearly died.
     
  10. Dick Whitman

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  11. YankeeFan

    YankeeFan Well-Known Member

    Fair point.
     
  12. Azrael

    Azrael Well-Known Member

    revealed
     
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