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Ronan Farrow on "Catch & Kill," NBC response

In his explosive new book, "Catch and Kill," Ronan Farrow details allegations of sexual assault in the media industry, and his former bosses’ alleged attempts to stifle his reporting. The book describes sexual assault allegations against disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein and former NBC News anchor Matt Lauer. Farrow joins “CBS This Morning” to discuss the allegations and his new book. In a letter to colleagues, NBC News president Noah Oppenheim said: "We have no secrets and nothing to hide," adding, "Farrow's effort to defame NBC News is clearly motivated not by a pursuit of truth, but an axe to grind."

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Weinstein used Lauer claims against NBC: Book

In his new book “Catch and Kill,” journalist Ronan Farrow claims that Harvey Weinstein used sexual misconduct allegations against Matt Lauer to pressure NBC to drop stories about his own behavior, by making it known to the network that he was aware of Lauer’s alleged behavior and capable of revealing it. One of the stories NBC allegedly suppressed was Farrow’s own Weinstein expose. Farrow eventually took the story to The New Yorker, where it became a catalyst for the #MeToo movement. Jericka Duncan reports on the new claims.

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