NBC News Chairman Andrew Lack sent a memo to staff on Monday calling recent accusations baseless that the news organization buried journalist Ronan Farrow’s investigative piece into then sexual harassment rumors surrounding Harvey Weinstein.
“We spent eight months pursuing the story but at the end of that time, NBC News — like many others before us — still did not have a single victim or witness willing to go on the record. (Rose McGowan — the only woman Farrow interviewed who was willing to be identified — had refused to name Weinstein and then her lawyer sent a cease-and-desist letter.)