New York Times and New Yorker win a Pulitzer for their reporting that kicked off the #MeToo movement
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Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey of The Times are sharing Pulitzer Prize for public service with Ronan Farrow of The New Yorker for exposing Harvey Weinstein's sexual misconduct scandal. The Pulitzer board stated its award is "for explosive, impactful journalism that exposed powerful and wealthy sexual predators, including allegations against one of Hollywood’s most influential producers, bringing them to account for long-suppressed allegations of coercion, brutality and victim silencing, thus spurring a worldwide reckoning about sexual abuse of women." ALSO: Fox News boasts: "NBC humiliated when Ronan Farrow wins Pulitzer for Weinstein expose after Peacock passed."
TOPICS: Harvey Weinstein, Fox News Channel, Jodi Kantor, Megan Twohey, Ronan Farrow, Pulitzer Prize, Sexual Misconduct, Time's Up
More Harvey Weinstein on Primetimer:- Ronan Farrow's Catch and Kill: The Podcast Tapes is watchable because the story is so compelling
- Ronan Farrow's Catch and Kill: The Podcast Tapes delves into his accusations that NBC News leaders derailed his Harvey Weinstein exposé
- Hysterical Tries (and Fails) to Tell the Story of Women in Standup
- James Gandolfini once threatened to "beat the f*ck" out of Harvey Weinstein over a David Letterman appearance
