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We actually put a team of people on trying to find people who would tell us on the record what had happened to them. we tried to confirm it on the record as many, many, many outlets did. and it wasnt until this break through in the "new york times" where actresses came forward and spoke on the record that the flood gates opened. >> meanwhile french president emmanuel macron says he has started the process to revoke harvey weinsteins lee john of honor award. he was given the prestigious french aw...

Press. he upstaged him. >> that last part that kind of raised my eyebrow, david drucker. if he wants to come out because the president told him to or whatever, thats fine. if he wants to put out the north korea stuff, which is certainly a grabby headline and will distract from intrigue, well played by them. but for him to say i encourage you to get better sources, do you buy that? do you question your sources? a.b., do you question yours and all the different outlets? we are all hearing the exac...

Po pokemon go. >> listen to this. >> the challenge of fake news and authenticity. we see tech execs dealing with it right now, and outlets being used by russian troll farms to influence politics. what do you see happening? >> its a dangerous moment. its a moment when we are realizing we cant just leave it all to al kagorithms. what is good for this countrys bottom line is not good for democracy. the algorithms will feed you content that confirms your biases. what they are designed to achieve, th...

Its a long list, but at the very top of that list is nbc news. nbc had the story months ago. their former anger, ronan farrow, conclusively exposed mos against weinstein by women who say he sexually harassed, groped, even raped them, but the number killed that investigation. nbc news president noah oppenheim said the company had good reason for doing that, but that the company have good reason? chris gallagher is taking very close look at this question and he joins us with an answer. trace? >> t...

Of tough questions, a lot of stories that have been deeply reported and reported by a number of outlets, just sort of laughing off the idea that hes come in and ruled with an iron fist. he has instilled discipline. it has rubbed some people in that white house the wrong way, including the president. if john kelly is there to complete the president, maybe theres a rom-com narrative, nicolle, but nobody ever really seems to actually complete this president, which you see in the way the president a...

Were unsuccessful. it is a hard story to document when the young women didnt want to go on the record. all others knew it along with the hollywood insiders as an open secret and looked the other way in part because harvey weinstein is an intimidating figure. somebody who will leak negative information about critics, detractors, accusers. he is a major advertiser for a lot of news organizations and i think looking back, some of those people should have said something, should have spoken up. >> me...

The sound bite we had from tucker carlson last night talking about trying to intimidate "the new york times." it was one of his main ways of keeping this out of the press. >> i think its no accident, melissa, that two large news organizations "the new yorker" and "new york times" were able to break this wall of silence and document in chilling detail the allegations of not just sexual harassment but sexual assault. three women allege that harvey weinstein raped them. they have not only -- you ha...

With other outlets with the understanding that he would come back to nbc and talk about it on air. on msnbc speaking with rachel maddow, ronan farrow very clearly contradicted the executives at nbc. >> nbc says the story wasnt publishable. it wasnt ready to go by the time you brought it to them. obviously it was ready to go by the time you got it to the new yorker.he >> i walked into the door at the new yorker with an explosive reportable piece that should have been public earlier. the new yorke...

Work. "ronan farrow was able to print outlets with the understanding that he would come back to nbc and talk about it on air. on msnbc speaking with rachel maddow, ronan farrow very clearly contradicted the executives at nbc. >> nbc says the story wasnt publishable. it wasnt ready to go by the time you brought it to them. obviously it was ready to go by the time you got it to the new yorker. >> i walked into the door at the new yorker with an explosive reportable piece that should have been publ...

New outlets took a shot at that story over the course of more than a decade. jodi kantor is the one who finally did it and got it to press. jodi kantor is here tonight. so its a big show tonight. over the past few weeks, there have been increasingly detailed and frequent reports about some ethics trouble for a number of trump cabinet secretaries, including interior secretary ryan zinke. reports have found that he charged the taxpayers to fly him on private jets to do things like give an inspirat...