Janice Min: It Was the Fear of Weinstein’s Power and Reprisals that Kept Hollywood in Fear

RUSH TRANSCRIPT Brian STELTER ░░░░░░░░ HOST Hey I m ░░░░░░░░ Stelter Welcome to our ░░░░░░░░ in the United States ░░░░░░░░ all around the world ░░░░░░░░ is RELIABLE SOURCES our ░░░░░░░░ look at the story ░░░░░░░░ the story of how ░░░░░░░░ media really works and ░░░░░░░░ the new is gets ░░░░░░░░ or sometimes doesn t ░░░░░░░░ this hour President Trump ░░░░░░░░ the First Amendment seriously ░░░░░░░░ have an exclusive interview ░░░░░░░░ an FCC commissioner who ░░░░░░░░ speaking out about Trump ░░░░░░░░ FCC station licenses Plus ░░░░░░░░ journalist Bob Schieffer here ░░░░░░░░ weigh in on how ░░░░░░░░ make sense of an ░░░░░░░░ news cycle But first ░░░░░░░░ saying good riddance to ░░░░░░░░ mogul Harvey Weinstein expelling ░░░░░░░░ from the Academy The ░░░░░░░░ move is the lead ░░░░░░░░ in this morning s ░░░░░░░░ Angeles Times Even more ░░░░░░░░ are now coming forward ░░░░░░░░ sexual harassment and assault ░░░░░░░░ Actress Lysette Anthony just ░░░░░░░░ with London police and ░░░░░░░░ Weinstein raped her in ░░░░░░░░ 1980s There are other ░░░░░░░░ as well And the ░░░░░░░░ is looking into allegations ░░░░░░░░ Weinstein here in New ░░░░░░░░ City While Weinstein himself ░░░░░░░░ laying low possibly in ░░░░░░░░ his brother Bob is ░░░░░░░░ to keep their company ░░░░░░░░ movie and TV studio ░░░░░░░░ That may not be ░░░░░░░░ The board of directors ░░░░░░░░ the company is bracing ░░░░░░░░ lawsuits from accusers who ░░░░░░░░ Weinstein s behavior was ░░░░░░░░ up You know this ░░░░░░░░ from the Academy really ░░░░░░░░ the gravity of this ░░░░░░░░ They say they are ░░░░░░░░ a message by booting ░░░░░░░░ a message at the ░░░░░░░░ of willful ignorance and ░░░░░░░░ complicity in sexually predatory ░░░░░░░░ and workplace harassment in ░░░░░░░░ industry is over That ░░░░░░░░ what they say But ░░░░░░░░ looking ahead we have ░░░░░░░░ look back Entertainers and ░░░░░░░░ execs and journalists all ░░░░░░░░ some soul searching to ░░░░░░░░ In Hollywood will the ░░░░░░░░ is about Weinstein s ░░░░░░░░ be a catalyst for ░░░░░░░░ change And in newsrooms ░░░░░░░░ did it take so ░░░░░░░░ years for these stories ░░░░░░░░ be published Joining me ░░░░░░░░ is Janice Min She ░░░░░░░░ the former editor in ░░░░░░░░ at The Hollywood reporter ░░░░░░░░ s now a consultant ░░░░░░░░ its parent company Janice ░░░░░░░░ a word what does ░░░░░░░░ feel like in the ░░░░░░░░ universe in the wake ░░░░░░░░ this scandal Janice MIN ░░░░░░░░ OWNER THE Hollywood reporter ░░░░░░░░ mean it s people ░░░░░░░░ here but also there ░░░░░░░░ a huge sense of ░░░░░░░░ It s a dam ░░░░░░░░ has been holding back ░░░░░░░░ you know flood waiting ░░░░░░░░ invade the town So ░░░░░░░░ is people are relieved ░░░░░░░░ re saying it s ░░░░░░░░ time and also truly ░░░░░░░░ that it took this ░░░░░░░░ for all of this ░░░░░░░░ come out and that ░░░░░░░░ both media and executives ░░░░░░░░ town STELTER Tell me ░░░░░░░░ your attempts to break ░░░░░░░░ story years ago because ░░░░░░░░ ve heard a lot ░░░░░░░░ legal threats that were ░░░░░░░░ by Weinstein s team ░░░░░░░░ the years suppress stories ░░░░░░░░ his harassment MIN Sure ░░░░░░░░ know The Hollywood reporter ░░░░░░░░ one of the finest ░░░░░░░░ and entertainment journalists in ░░░░░░░░ world Kim Masters who ░░░░░░░░ worked really hard to ░░░░░░░░ this story When I ░░░░░░░░ at the Hollywood reporter ░░░░░░░░ of the first things ░░░░░░░░ ever told me was ░░░░░░░░ her an off the ░░░░░░░░ conversation she had had ░░░░░░░░ Harvey Weinstein The question ░░░░░░░░ had said to him ░░░░░░░░ a lunch was he ░░░░░░░░ asked her I believe ░░░░░░░░ so what do you ░░░░░░░░ about me And she ░░░░░░░░ I ve heard you ░░░░░░░░ raped women before and ░░░░░░░░ the whole lunch was ░░░░░░░░ the record so I ░░░░░░░░ t tell you what ░░░░░░░░ response was But from ░░░░░░░░ day that was one ░░░░░░░░ the stories we knew ░░░░░░░░ wanted to get to ░░░░░░░░ bottom of Separately other ░░░░░░░░ on staff had created ░░░░░░░░ still have them these ░░░░░░░░ with names of actresses ░░░░░░░░ of executives trying to ░░░░░░░░ out how to crack ░░░░░░░░ crack the silence We ░░░░░░░░ really close once I ░░░░░░░░ we came close I ░░░░░░░░ like to think we ░░░░░░░░ to getting what of ░░░░░░░░ actresses who is now ░░░░░░░░ How recently MIN Last ░░░░░░░░ last year To getting ░░░░░░░░ of the actresses who ░░░░░░░░ now confirmed she was ░░░░░░░░ by Weinstein to speak ░░░░░░░░ our women entertainment breakfast ░░░░░░░░ s getting the getting ░░░░░░░░ that wall of silence ░░░░░░░░ can see how powerful ░░░░░░░░ is when you get ░░░░░░░░ to go on the ░░░░░░░░ we didn t have ░░░░░░░░ STELTER So the main ░░░░░░░░ you re saying over ░░░░░░░░ years over the decades ░░░░░░░░ women unable to speak ░░░░░░░░ the record and that ░░░░░░░░ that was partly because ░░░░░░░░ legal threats wasn t ░░░░░░░░ or settlement payments MIN ░░░░░░░░ I think that you ░░░░░░░░ one of the things ░░░░░░░░ was so stunning to ░░░░░░░░ in The New York ░░░░░░░░ story when they unearthed ░░░░░░░░ of this was how ░░░░░░░░ small the payments were ░░░░░░░░ the women Maybe I ░░░░░░░░ I think the highest ░░░░░░░░ was around 100 000 ░░░░░░░░ for that price and ░░░░░░░░ m not saying that ░░░░░░░░ not a large amount ░░░░░░░░ money but for that ░░░░░░░░ that price they were ░░░░░░░░ to buy the silence ░░░░░░░░ scores and scores of ░░░░░░░░ for sometimes decades And ░░░░░░░░ was really the fear ░░░░░░░░ Weinstein s power and ░░░░░░░░ and what he could ░░░░░░░░ to you if you ░░░░░░░░ you broke that agreement ░░░░░░░░ kept the town in ░░░░░░░░