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Ronan Farrow and NBC: a timeline of the 2-year conflict between the Pulitzer-winning journalist and the network accused of trying to kill his Harvey Weinstein exposé

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Ronan Farrow's newly released book, Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators hit bookshelves October 15. In the book, Farrow alleges that Harvey Weinstein used his knowledge of sexual misconduct allegations against NBC Today show host Matt Lauer to pressure the network into dropping the investigation.
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In October 2017, two separate investigations into allegations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein, one published in The New York Times and the other in The New Yorker , helped launch the global #MeToo movement.

Both publications went on to win the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for their Weinstein reporting.

Ronan Farrow, the investigative journalist who reported the story for The New Yorker, has been ensnared in a heated back-and-forth with NBC since he left the network in 2017. Farrow was originally investigating Weinstein for NBC News in a freelance capacity, but the network ultimately declined to publish his reporting.

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NBC did not respond to Business Insider's specific questions for this story, but a publicist for the network passed along two internal memos one from October 9, 2019, the other from October 14, 2019 written by NBC executives to employees, refuting many of Farrow's allegations.

Here's a complete timeline of the tumultuous saga, from Farrow's early reporting on Weinstein, which allegedly prompted surveillance and legal threats from the Hollywood producer himself, to the publication of Farrow's book.

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