Jay RosenI saw the movie "She Said" in the theatre. An outstanding work. There's a lot of good journalism movies, but in my own rankings this might be the best. What it's best at is showing how the pursuit of a monster story is all-consuming. It invades every portion of your life. 1/
LAHWith devastating clarity and in painful detail, "She Said" fixates on the key difference between learning the truth and "having" the story. New York Times reporters Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor know that Harvey Weinstein is a monster long before they can meet the bar for publishing that fact. 2/
"She Said" eludes clichés. Crusty old city editor, for one. Newspaper movies (and documentaries) often find irresistible repeated shots of the big printing presses as copies of the paper roll out.
Here that's all gone away. An editor pushes the "publish" button, and the word goes forth about Harvey Weinstein. It is the high point of the film. 3/
Stormcrow@jayrosen_nyu My dad was a machinist for a major newspaper and kept those presses running. He learned programming back in the 80s to help modernize printing and retired before the publish button displaced him.
DrSnit@jayrosen_nyu ohh I’m so glad to have found you here! One by one all my favorites keep popping up!
Texas Writer@jayrosen_nyu I did 35 years in news rooms from tiny dailies to large metros. I’ll take it one further. There’s a difference between truth and provable truth. One gets you sued and the other gets you a summary judgment IF IT EVEN GOES THAT FAR.
Melissa Chimera@jayrosen_nyu can’t wait to see. Thank you.
Dr. Orna Izakson ND, RH(AHG)@jayrosen_nyu looking forward to seeing it with a broadcast reporter friend in about a week.
Steven Bodzin@jayrosen_nyu i hope the "she saved it for her book" trolls will learn something
kimmasters@jayrosen_nyu Yeah. So did I and a bunch of others. But it wasn’t gettable, I believe, until his success faded and his own company wanted to be rid of him.
Rebecca M. Townsend@jayrosen_nyu I loved it. Came back from the theater even more impressed with both reporters and the work they did to learn the truth. The portrayal of how they talked with sources was of a respect and humane tenderness with the very difficult subjects they discussed.
@RMTownsend Thanks, Rebecca.