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Catch and Kill

Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators
Jun 25, 2020LitHub rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Although non-fiction, it reads like & has the pacing of a thriller. I sped through the pages. Fortunately, I had the benefit of hindsight in knowing that Weinstein was convicted & has been sent to jail. While quite a bit of the story is public now & you are probably familiar w/ lots of it, the book provides so many more details. Not only is it infuriating to read about the multiple assaults & rapes, but also the pervasive culture of cover-up among the rich/powerful/political/media. For Pete's sake, there was an undercover investigative group w/ Mossad training who worked on a psy-ops & smearing campaign to discredit victims & journalists working on the story. And that's just one piece of many. Weinstein's friendships & area of influence & bribery were so vast that even the prosecutor's office (at one point) was ok looking the other way. The sheer level of complicity & cover-up is just staggering. Staggering. I, of course, applaud the victims who have come forward to share their stories & to help pursue finding justice. I applaud Ronan Farrow & his NBC producer, Rich McHugh, for sticking with the story through threats & more, ultimately ensuring the story made it to the public. Farrow's legal background w/ his journalistic chops make him a formidable & fierce force to be reckoned with. I can only hope he continues to pursue the hard stories like this one during a long, long career. It's pretty obvious that there are many, many more guilty parties. Many more people need to go on trial & head to jail. Weinstein's case is just the tip of the iceberg.