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NBC's host, Megyn Kelly, took a swipe at her own network Tuesday for it not reporting rape allegations made by Rose McGowan during Ronan Farrow's investigation into Harvey Weinstein.

During 'Megyn Kelly Today,' the host reported that McGowan, as well as Farrow's now-former NBC producer Rich McHugh told Kelly late Monday night that she did give NBC an on the record and on camera interview in February of 2017 and that she did name Harvey Weinstein as her rapist.

Furthermore, Kelly reported, that NBC had sat on McGowan's on the record, off camera assertion of her allegations against Weinstein for eight months. 

She also read a statement from NBC in which the peacock network said that they were never told of having McGowan on the record but off camera and that within days of Farrow submitting his final draft on July 23, and the actress' attorneys cancelled a follow up on camera interview and revoked all permission to use her first interview.  

Megyn Kelly, reported on her NBC show about Rose McGowan and former NBC News producer Rich McHugh that they say the network sat on her on the record claim that Weinstein raped her for eight months 

Embattled NBC News chairman Andy Lack (right) has come under fire by Rose McGowan, Ronan Farrow and former NBC News producer Rich McHugh who say the details in his 'fact sheet' were misleading and outright false. They say NBC News sat on McGowan's allegations for months , NBC News says they were unaware she was on the record with her claims and naming Weinstein specifically 

NBC News is defending the way the story was handled at the network.

NBC News Chairman Andy Lack sent an email to every member of the news department about Ronan Farrow’s initial investigation of Harvey Weinstein. pic.twitter.com/pItQ85TPWH

— Megyn Kelly TODAY (@MegynTODAY) September 4, 2018

DailyMail.com recieved a statement from an NBC spokesperson on the allegations that they sat on McGowans interview, saying: 'Regarding Rose McGowan, as the interview transcript clearly indicates, she did not name Weinstein as her attacker on camera in the February 2017 interview or any time after that.'

'The first time Farrow submitted a draft script on the Weinstein story was five months later, on July 23, 2017. If Farrow had McGowan naming Weinstein on the record but off-camera before that date, and wanted to proceed with airing a story, he did not submit one to his editors.'  

'There's a lot to unpack,' Kelly said. 'What were seeing here is it McHugh… has now gone public with his accusations that NBC, he claims, blocked the story. NBC vehemently denying that, and saying they didn't have anybody, they didn't have anybody on the record…And Rose McGowan telling us that she was on the record for months and they didn't use her statement.'

Ronan Farrow's (pictured) explosive reporting on Weinstein ended up in the New Yorker which received a Pulitzer Prize 

'NBC saying if that's true, it wasn't communicated up the line. That's a dispute between NBC and the reporters on the story, but this is getting really in the weeds and it's getting really uncomfortable,' Kelly said of the explosive allegations that NBC tried to keep the reporting, which won a Pulitzer Prize for the hallowed New Yorker with Farrow, from seeing the light of day.

Kelly did also give a nod to her network for allowing her to report on her statements from McGowan and McHugh saying 'NBC News knew we were going to do this. I had to reach out to them for a statement in response to our reporting and didn't say you can't. So to their credit, they are trying to talk about what happened. There is obviously a factual dispute, however, between the parties.'

Farrow also hit out at NBC after the network's embattled chairman Andy Lack sent out a lengthy memo to staff defending his decision to drop Farrow's explosive story that would reveal the Weinstein allegations.

Following months of scrutiny, Lack sent the memo and an 11-page 'fact sheet' to NBC staff on Labor Day that pushed back on claims it tried to kill Farrow's story.

In a unique move for a media outlet, the memo included excerpts of Farrow's draft story script, a timeline of his reporting and also descriptions of the network's interactions with Weinstein and his lawyers while the investigation was going on.

In a statement on Twitter late Monday, Farrow said the memo contained 'numerous false or misleading statements'.

He went on to say it became clear he was being 'blocked from further reporting, adding:  'The story was twice cleared and deemed 'reportable' by legal and standards only to be blocked by executives who refused to allow us to seek comment from Harvey Weinstein.'

Lack's memo was sent out just days after one of its former news producers Rich McHugh, who worked with Farrow on the Weinstein investigation, claimed they were told to kill the reporting from the 'very highest levels at NBC'.

Specifically addressing the claims from the former producer published last week, Lack said: 'Contrary to recent allegations, at no point did NBC obstruct Farrow's reporting or 'kill' an interview.' 

ANDY LACK'S MEMO TO NBC STAFF: READ IT IN FULL

From: Andrew Lack (NBCUniversal)

Sent: Monday, September 03, 2018 6:49 PM

Subject: A Note to Colleagues

Dear Colleagues,

This is an unusual situation for a news division. In the last several days, questions surrounding how NBC News handled Ronan Farrow's investigation of Harvey Weinstein have resurfaced. The following pages lay out all the facts dispassionately and in necessary detail — from start to finish. If you have any remaining questions, please don't hesitate to ask.

For the past nine months, it has been our belief that the 'story' here is about Harvey Weinstein's horrendous behavior and about the suffering and bravery of his victims, rather than a back-and-forth between a reporter and his producer and a news network. However, we've watched with disappointment as unfounded intimations and accusations have traveled through media circles.

At NBC News, one of our primary goals is to produce outstanding investigative journalism that stands up to intense scrutiny and has a meaningful impact on society. We had that goal very much in mind when we first assigned Ronan Farrow to look into rumors in Hollywood about Harvey Weinstein, as many other news organizations had done before us over the span of two decades.

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.) So we had nothing yet fit to broadcast. But Farrow did not agree with that standard. That's where we parted ways — agreeing to his request to take his reporting to a print outlet that he said was ready to move forward immediately.

Seven weeks later, and five days after Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey broke the Weinstein story in The New York Times, Farrow published the first in a series of outstanding stories for The New Yorker, winning great acclaim and attention, all of which is well deserved. That story cited the following victims by name: Asia Argento, Mira Sorvino, Rosanna Arquette, Lucia Evans, Emma de Caunes, Jessica Barth, and Sophie Dix. Not one of these seven women was included in the reporting Farrow presented while at NBC News.

We regret the deterioration of NBC's relationship with Ronan, and genuinely wish we had found a path to move forward together. That is why, in August of 2017, when Farrow objected to his editors' conclusion we convened an independent group of the most experienced investigative journalists in our organization to review his material with fresh eyes. We asked them — tell us what, if anything, we can broadcast. But their conclusion was unequivocal — this story is not ready for air. (Further, they found several elements in Farrow's draft script which did not hold up to scrutiny — described in the accompanying document.) It was Farrow's decision, in the midst of this process, to pursue the story elsewhere.

Had we refused his request, NBC might have ultimately broken the story, but we wondered then, and still wonder now, whether the brave women who spoke to him in print would have also sat before TV cameras and lights. If we had tried to hold him and nothing changed, we would have needlessly blocked him from disseminating it via another forum. And that is why we agreed to let him go elsewhere. If some believe that decision a failure of our competitive instincts, so be it. But it was a decision undertaken honorably and with good intentions toward Farrow and his work.

Contrary to recent allegations, at no point did NBC obstruct Farrow's reporting or 'kill' an interview. Immediately after Farrow had parted ways with us, he asked for NBC cameras to record another anonymous Weinstein victim. Farrow conducted the interview but we declined the request for a crew because we believed filming another anonymous interview would not get us any closer to clearing the threshold to broadcast, and because he had already informed us he was pursuing the story for another outlet. (The victim Farrow anonymously interviewed did not ultimately speak on the record for The New Yorker or The New York Times.) Furthermore, we were increasingly concerned that repeatedly asking victims to sit for anonymous interviews in front of television cameras on this subject matter was no longer a productive approach. (For the record, the first television interview with a Weinstein victim aired on NBC News on October 9.)

Finally, a word on the baseless speculation that some interference by Harvey Weinstein played a role in our decision-making. The accompanying document recounts every interaction NBC News executives and editors had with Weinstein and his attorneys. It will surprise no one that they were dishonest in their dealings with us, often mischaracterizing our brief conversations. But in each instance, their calls were either completely ignored or met with a boilerplate commitment to allow them to comment if and when something was ready for broadcast. None of this was kept secret from Farrow. None of it was any different from the calls we receive on every other difficult story our investigative unit regularly breaks. And none of it played any role in our decision-making.

Our Investigative Unit, led by Rich Greenberg, is filled with the best journalists in the business doing a remarkable job. They consistently shepherd difficult stories onto the air and drive the daily news cycle. Over the past year-and-a-half they have delivered an astounding 420 exclusive stories on politics, national security, business and technology and more.

As we get back to work this week, we will continue to pursue the toughest stories, in the most challenging circumstances, involving the most powerful people. And we will keep doing it while upholding the journalistic standards that have been the backbone of this outstanding news organization.

Thank you for your great work this summer. See the attached.

Andy

 

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