 First edition cover | |
| Author | Ronan Farrow |
|---|---|
| Audio read by | Ronan Farrow |
| Illustrator | Dylan Farrow[1] |
| Language | English |
| Subjects | #MeToo movement, catch and kill media practices, sex abuse culture |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Publisher | Little, Brown and Company |
Publication date | October 15, 2019 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hard and paperback), e-book, audio |
| Pages | 464 |
| ISBN | 978-0-316-48663-7 (hardcover) |
| OCLC | 1121593969 |
| 331.4/133/0973 | |
| LC Class | HV6250.4.W65 F385 2019 |
Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators is a 2019 book by the American journalist Ronan Farrow. He recounts the challenges he faced chasing the stories of Harvey Weinstein's decades of rape, sexual assault, and sexual abuse of women and the case against him.[2][3][4] Farrow argues that Weinstein was able to use Black Cube, a private Israeli intelligence service,[5] to successfully pressure executives at NBC News to kill the story there, leading him to take it to The New Yorker, where it was published and helped spark the international #MeToo movement exposing sexual abuse, mostly of women, in many industries.
The title refers to the practice of catch and kill, in which disreputable media companies purchase stories so that they can bury them.[6] The book is published by Little, Brown and Company,[7][8][9] and, according to Farrow, "was exhaustively vetted by Sean Lavery, a senior fact checker at The New Yorker".[10]
- ^ Farrow, Ronan (October 15, 2019). Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators. Little, Brown and Company. p. 1. ISBN 978-0-316-48666-8.
- ^ "Five Surprising Revelations in Ronan Farrow Book 'Catch and Kill'". The Hollywood Reporter. October 9, 2019. Retrieved October 17, 2019.
- ^ "Ronan Farrow Book: How Harvey Weinstein May Have Leveraged Matt Lauer". The Hollywood Reporter. October 9, 2019. Retrieved October 17, 2019.
- ^ "In 'Catch And Kill,' Ronan Farrow Offers A Damning Portrait Of A Conflicted NBC". NPR. Retrieved October 17, 2019.
- ^ Thomas-Corr, Johanna (October 25, 2019). "Catch and Kill by Ronan Farrow review — the bigwigs who backed Harvey Weinstein". The Times. Retrieved October 29, 2019.
- ^ "Ronan Farrow, Andrea Savage". The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Season 5. Episode 819. October 23, 2019. CBS.
- ^ "Review: Ronan Farrow's 'Catch and Kill' reveals a spy story and portraits of perseverance". Los Angeles Times. October 16, 2019. Retrieved October 17, 2019.
- ^ Rychter, Tacey (October 16, 2019). "Australian Booksellers Block Sales of Ronan Farrow's Book". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved October 17, 2019.
- ^ Hsu, Tiffany (October 14, 2019). "NBC News Hits Back Against Ronan Farrow's 'Catch and Kill' Book". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved October 17, 2019.
- ^ Farrow, Ronan (October 2019). Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators. Little, Brown and Company. p. 415.