{"id":1746760,"date":"2022-11-21T06:30:20","date_gmt":"2022-11-21T11:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1746760"},"modified":"2022-11-21T11:03:01","modified_gmt":"2022-11-21T16:03:01","slug":"what-must-be-said-about-weinstein-drama-she-said","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/what-must-be-said-about-weinstein-drama-she-said\/","title":{"rendered":"What Must Be Said About Weinstein Drama \u201cShe Said\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwhat-must-be-said-about-weinstein-drama-she-said%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1746760&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/She-said-Zoe-Kazan-fake-news-2.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p><strong>The New York Times covered Harvey Weinstein\u2019s fall with a fervor usually reserved for GOP politicians \u2026 like Donald Trump.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>So it makes sense that \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodintoto.com\/she-said-review-weinstein\/\">She Said<\/a>,\u201d the true story behind the New York Times\u2019 expose of Weinstein\u2019s crimes, starts with accusations against the real estate mogul.<\/p>\n<p>The Oscar-bait film, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2022\/11\/19\/nolte-only-harvey-weinstein-couldve-saved-she-said-bombing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tanked during its opening weekend<\/a>, offers a look at modern journalism in more ways than one. The drama shows it functioning at the highest levels, speaking truth to power while acknowledging the impact stories have on both abusers and victims.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe Said\u201d also reminds us journalism is broken beyond repair. Focusing on a rare example of reporters at their very best can\u2019t disguise that truth.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not the movie\u2019s fault, of course. The blame falls squarely on institutions like The New York Times and The Washington Post who put partisanship, and power, above the facts.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodintoto.com\/spike-lee-9-11-truther-hbo-charlottesville-lie\/\"><strong>RELATED: SPIKE LEE: FAKE NEWS SPREADER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe Said\u201d delivers on its promise, showing the rigorous work that helped expose Weinstein\u2019s decade-long run as a Hollywood predator. The performances click, the real-life parables matter and the presence of <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2020\/film\/news\/ashley-judd-wins-appeal-weinstein-sexual-harassment-1234719760\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ashley Judd<\/a>, one of Weinstein\u2019s real-life victims, transcends the medium.<\/p>\n<p>Did Judd ever dream she\u2019d be throwing dirt on the grave of Weinstein\u2019s career in a major Hollywood film? It doesn\u2019t make up for the hurt and anguish, but it\u2019s impossible not to cheer her inclusion.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s equally hard not to let other real-world narratives interrupt the story.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">There&#8217;s bad, and then there&#8217;s what SHE SAID.<\/p>\n<p>Universal&#8217;s $32M drama unfolded with just $2.2M this weekend in over 2,000 theaters&#8211;the worst performance from a major studio release this year.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Exhibitor Relations Co. (@ERCboxoffice) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ERCboxoffice\/status\/1594376501650067456?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 20, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Reporters Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey (Zoe Kazan, Carey Mulligan) follow journalistic best practices nearly every step of the way. They don\u2019t jump to conclusions but keep their minds open. They work tirelessly to get critical facts on the record, using background interviews to prepare them for the larger truths.<\/p>\n<p>And they refuse to hit publish until they\u2019ve done everything possible to confirm their investigation\u2019s accuracy.<\/p>\n<p>Wonderful.<\/p>\n<p>Now, consider how the media actually works today. We see Fake News story after Fake News story peddled without care or consequences by most, if not all, the major news outlets.<\/p>\n<p>Need a short list?<\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s reporters scramble to get stories out first, pushing caution and cynicism aside. So many narratives are too good to check, too delicious to reconsider with the necessary levels of skepticism.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s not forget the stories we don\u2019t read or see across our smart phone screen.<\/p>\n<p>They are legion.<\/p>\n<p>It took weeks, and weeks, before major news outlets picked up Tara Reade\u2019s sexual assault accusations regarding then-Presidential candidate Joe Biden.<\/p>\n<p>Reporters scoffed at the Hunter Biden laptop report without dedicating any resources to proving its \u201cRussian disinformation\u201d roots. Then, long after the final 2020 presidential votes were tallied, the same outlets sheepishly admitted they got it wrong the first time around.<\/p>\n<p>No apologies. No soul searching. No course correction.<\/p>\n<p>Hollywood has a long history of celebrating journalists on the big screen. They\u2019re truth tellers, selfless souls who sacrifice everything to get to the truth. And, sometimes, that\u2019s accurate.<\/p>\n<p>The modern journalist is too often a propagandist, or someone who stays silent as his or her fellow scribes cover what matters most \u2026 with a pillow to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iowahawkblog\/status\/332494589934047234?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">paraphrase IowaHawk.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now, we know the truth. They\u2019re hopeless partisans, cheerleaders for the DNC who will aggressively look the other way if a progressive behaves badly. They\u2019ll hide a world leader\u2019s muddled mental state and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/establishment-media-attack-an-nbc-reporter-for-making-fetterman-look-bad\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">savage reporters<\/a> who dare reveal the truth about a Democratic hopeful.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/CkLtNX3prZY\/?utm_source=ig_embed&#038;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The creative team behind \u201cShe Said\u201d isn\u2019t responsible for journalism\u2019s free fall. And to put the necessary context into the film would be unwieldy at best.<\/p>\n<p>Audiences know better, though, at least those who sample alternative media outlets and keep their minds wide open to fallacious narratives.<\/p>\n<p>That helps explain the film\u2019s abysmal box office results. And, rest assured, few media outlets will note the audience\u2019s exhaustion with Fake News when reporting \u201cShe Said\u2019s\u201d box office belly flop.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New York Times covered Harvey Weinstein\u2019s fall with a fervor usually reserved for GOP politicians \u2026 like Donald Trump. 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