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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRonan Farrow: My Father, Woody Allen, and the Danger of Questions Unasked
http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/36833-my-father-woody-allen-and-the-danger-of-questions-unaskedBut when Dylan explained her agony in the wake of powerful voices sweeping aside her allegations, the press often willing to be taken along for the ride, and the fears she held for young girls potentially being exposed to a predator I ultimately knew she was right. I began to speak about her more openly, particularly on social media. And I began to look carefully at my own decisions in covering sexual assault stories.
I believe my sister. This was always true as a brother who trusted her, and, even at 5 years old, was troubled by our father's strange behavior around her: climbing into her bed in the middle of the night, forcing her to suck his thumb behavior that had prompted him to enter into therapy focused on his inappropriate conduct with children prior to the allegations.
But more importantly, I've approached the case as an attorney and a reporter, and found her allegations to be credible. The facts are persuasive and well documented. I won't list them again here, but most have been meticulously reported by journalist Maureen Orth in Vanity Fair. The only final legal disposition is a custody ruling that found Woody Allen's behavior "grossly inappropriate" and stressed that "measures must be taken to protect [Dylan]."
On May 4, The Hollywood Reporter published a cover interview with Woody Allen, quirky auteur. To me it is a sterling example of how not to talk about sexual assault. Dylan's allegations are never raised in the interview and receive only a parenthetical mention an inaccurate reference to charges being "dropped." THR later issued a correction: "not pursued."
The correction points to what makes Allen, Cosby and other powerful men so difficult to cover. The allegations were never backed by a criminal conviction. This is important. It should always be noted. But it is not an excuse for the press to silence victims, to never interrogate allegations. Indeed, it makes our role more important when the legal system so often fails the vulnerable as they face off against the powerful.
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Ronan Farrow: My Father, Woody Allen, and the Danger of Questions Unasked (Original Post)
eridani
May 2016
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6chars
(3,967 posts)1. "My Father" ??
Yeah, no.
6chars
(3,967 posts)3. He lost me with the headline.
"My Father, Woody Allen" - yeah, he's the spitting image of Woody Allen.
cali
(114,904 posts)5. Woody Allen is his father.
leftstreet
(36,112 posts)4. I think it's because he looks a lot more like...
melman
(7,681 posts)7. Except he really doesn't
He looks like his mother.
eShirl
(18,503 posts)8. He looks like both. But nothing like Woody Allen.
But, Woody Allen IS his father, whether biologically or not.
cali
(114,904 posts)9. Who cares? His father, in every way that counts, is Allen.
Ilsa
(61,698 posts)6. Thanks for posting.
I really like this young man. Mia did a wonderful job raising him. I hated seeing his MSNBC show cancelled.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)11. I like Ronan.