A review by angus_mckeogh
Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators by Ronan Farrow

5.0

Excellent investigative book about the rich and famous and their refusal to accept responsibility for their actions. Rapists and powerful males throughout the entertainment industry and politics essentially see themselves as above the law. Catch and Kill refers to these criminals use of the following tactic: hire a private investigative/PR firm to track and follow any stories about their transgressions that might be running through the press. Thereafter these criminals run a smear campaign against whomever is coming forward, and then this is followed by these criminal oligarchs purchasing the story that’s filtering through the press and then never running the story. Thus the bad publicity vanishes and their culpability is never reported. These criminals also use the non-disclosure agreement routinely. After being sued by whomever they’ve violated they settle out of court and have the victim sign an NDA thereby again buying their way out of trouble and barring the other party from speaking about the issue. And their behavior continues. The book centers around Weinstein but a whole host of others who’ve done this surfaces too: our president Donald Trump, Jeffery Epstein, Matt Lauer, Eric Schneiderman, and more. Rapist, sexual harassers, misogynists, and those drunk on power and money. They’re all here and represented. Their influence on large corporations is also on display: NBC, AMI, The National Enquirer, & CBS just to name a few all now to their wishes. Exposes the rotten underbelly of our country and those in charge. Sad expose’ and a sad commentary on the state of our nation and its attitudes towards females. As a father to two daughters these men and their behaviors make me sick. The story ends up expanding well beyond Weinstein, which everyone is likely aware of. What the hell runs through the mind of a man in a position of power who just takes his dick out in front of a female or forces himself on a her? Utterly abhorrent. Criminals who need to be brought to justice.