Summary of Ronan Farrow's Catch and Kill

By IRB Media

Get the Summary of Ronan Farrow's Catch and Kill in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: In 2017, a routine network television investigation led to a story only whispered about: one of Hollywood’s most power­ful producers was a predator, protected by fear, wealth, and a conspiracy of silence. As Farrow drew closer to the truth, shadowy operatives, from high-priced lawyers to elite war-hardened spies, mounted a secret campaign of intimidation, threatening his career, following his every move, and weaponizing an account of abuse in his own family. This is the untold story of the exotic tactics of surveillance and intimidation deployed by wealthy and connected men to threaten journalists, evade accountability, and silence victims of abuse. And it’s the story of the women who risked everything to expose the truth and spark a global movement.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Jun 17, 2021
• ISBN: 9781638155348

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Insights from Chapters 1-2-3-4-5

#1

In the first week of November 2016, just before Donald Trump’s election as president, Dylan Howard, editor-in-chief of the National Enquirer, issued an unusual order to a member of his staff to get all dirt on Trump out of the safe and get rid of it.

#2

David Pecker, the CEO of the National Enquirer’s parent company American Media Inc., had known Donald Trump for decades. He had also hidden all the dirt he had collected on Trump over the past years.

#3

After the election, Pecker told a reporter that criticizing Trump would count as criticism of AMI, as Trump was a personal acquaintance of his. Over the years, the two had formed a partnership that benefited both of them.

#4

AMI also had an alliance with Harvey Weinstein. In 2015, when actress Ashley Judd alleged that a studio head had harassed her, indirectly referring to Weinstein, AMI reporters were asked to dig up negative items about her going to rehab.

#5

In 2017, the executive in charge of the Today show on NBC, Noah Oppenheim, gave journalist Ronan Farrow a lead for a potential story they could air. Oppenheim