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Op-Ed: 3 Things We Aren’t Being Told: The Harvey Weinstein Story
The sexual assault accusations against Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein have been building up for years, and culminated this week in endless articles detailing the reports and Weinstein's firing. But three observations were missing from most of the news coverage. BARCC Executive Director Gina Scaramella writes through those observations in her latest op-ed for WGBH News, published Thursday.
Excerpt: "When the public learns about a case like Weinstein’s—where no such policies existed and nearly everyone surrounding Weinstein either knew of his behavior and said nothing about it; passively enabled it; or actively protected Weinstein by threatening victims—the public must be ruthless in demanding accountability."