Reviews with content warning for Sexual harassment - Catch and Kill : Lies, Spies and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators

I think I don't have anything to say that hasn't been said by others. This book is insane and while I was aware of the fallout of this painstaking research broadly, I didn't realize how far-reaching the efforts to cover it were. Obviously, it's disgusting but not particularly surprising that major news outlets have huge harassment issues, as do many male-dominated industries. I'm sure you could uncover very similar stories in tech or finance.
But I think one of the best points the book makes is the effect this harassment and the relationships between news execs and other influential figures have on reporting. How can we trust that news outlets are being honest when they're in semi-blackmail relationships with the subjects of their reporting and afraid that any reporting on bad behavior could just as easily be turned on them? I'm very grateful for the ridiculous bravery shown by all the sources who were willing to endure continued harassment and legal threats to tell everyone what happened.

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adventurous informative tense medium-paced

5.0

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challenging informative medium-paced

4.0

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challenging dark emotional informative slow-paced

4.25

An incredibly important, thorough, riveting book. Farrow displays a high standard for journalism that I think is not observed often anymore. Engaging writing style. Strong morals--Farrow doesn't just say that he wants the focus to be on exposing this horror in the interest of stopping it, he shows it.

What keeps the book from a solid 5, for me, is a layout choice; it could have been very helpful, I think, to have a list/glossary of the people in the book somewhere, perhaps before or after the bibliography. There's a lot of names, and I, personally, struggled to keep track of everyone (which also augments the repugnance of what is uncovered--so many people impacted, so many people complicit).

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