Maureen Dowd Denies Sending Amy Pascal's Hubby Column In Advance

[wheniwasincongress]

Source: TheWrap

New Sony leaks suggest New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd previewed a column she was writing about Sony Pictures chief Amy Pascal to Pascal's husband Bernard Weinraub–a former Times reporter– before it was published, but Dowd denied to TheWrap that she had done so:

“I never showed Bernie the column in advance or promised to show it. Bernie is an old friend and the Times’ former Hollywood reporter, and he sometimes gives me ideas for entertainment columns. In January, he suggested a column, inspired by a study cited in the L.A. Times, about the state of women in Hollywood. Amy is a friend and I reassured her before our interview that it wasn't an antagonistic piece. She wasn't the focus of the story, nor was Sony.

I emailed with Bernie and talked to him before I wrote the column in March, getting his perspective on the Hollywood old boys’ club and the progress of women. But I didn't send him the column beforehand.”


Read more: http://www.thewrap.com/sony-hack-reveals-new-york-times-maureen-dowd-gave-subject-a-column-preview/

[Hassin Bin Sober]

1. A likely story

[DonCoquixote]

2. wow

it is sad to see the cockroaches scatter when light hits them, all of them just happening to be Clinton fans who hate Obama. Now, do not say Dowd is not, her megaphone has been blasting at 11 on a ten scale for years.

[MADem]

5. Maureen Dowd is no "Clinton fan." Where in HELL did you pull that honker out of? Shame on you!

Really--do a modicum of research before you post stuff like that. You destroy your credibility, otherwise.

http://mediamatters.org/blog/2014/06/18/the-numbers-behind-maureen-dowds-21-year-long-c/199752


The Numbers Behind Maureen Dowd's 21-Year Long Campaign Against Hillary Clinton
72 Percent Of Dowd Columns Negative Towards Clinton

For more than twenty years, New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd has been attacking Hillary Clinton from a shallow well of insults, routinely portraying the former secretary of state and first lady as an unlikeable, power-hungry phony.

Media Matters analyzed 195 columns by Dowd since November 1993 containing significant mentions of Clinton for whether they included any of 16 negative tropes in five categories (listed in the below methodology). 72 percent (141 columns) were negative towards Clinton -- only 8 percent (15 columns) were positive. The remaining 20 percent (39 columns) were neutral.

For example, Dowd has repeatedly accused Clinton of being an enemy to or betraying feminism (35 columns, 18 percent of those studied), power-hungry (51 columns, 26 percent), unlikeable (9 columns, 5 percent), or phony (34 columns, 17 percent). She's also attacked the Clintons as a couple in 43 columns (22 percent), many of which included Dowd's ham-handed attempts at psychoanalysis.

Dowd's latest column discussed Clinton's book tour for her new memoir Hard Choices. In a tortured comparison, Dowd compared Clinton to Elsa from the popular Disney movie Frozen. Dowd concluded, "Those close to them think that the queen of Hillaryland and the Snow Queen from Disney's 'Frozen' have special magical powers, but worry about whether they can control those powers, show their humanity and stir real warmth in the public heart." ....

I think you need to revise and retract. "Do not say Dowd is not...?" Really?

[rocktivity]

3. The unethicalness -- it BURNS!!!

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"Bernie is an old friend and the Times’ former Hollywood reporter, and he sometimes gives me ideas for entertainment columns...

"I emailed with Bernie and talked to him before I wrote the column in March, getting his perspective on the Hollywood old boys’ club and the progress of women."

"Amy is a friend and I reassured her before our interview that...(S)he wasn't the focus of the story, nor was Sony...

I'd fire her whether she showed the column to Pascal or not.

When you interview your friends, you're supposed to say so -- ESPECIALLY if they're married to each other. The inspiration for the column was supplied by the spouse of one of the subjects, she personally assured Pascal she would not be portrayed antagonistically -- she never questioned the possibly inherent sexism of Pascal being the the only CO-chairperson of a major movie studio???


rocktivity

[DonCoquixote]

4. and this come for the same person that

attended a special for the press lecture on medical MJ, where she was warned to not mix liquor, and warned that edible mj was potent, and then lied so blame those evil cannabis type when she ate 16 times the normal does with two glasses of wine.

[mountain grammy]

6. Have another cookie with that whine, Maureen.

everyone knows you're a fake.

[Orsino]

7. Hard to believe that Dowd's writing is that feckless on its own.

I'd assumed that her columns first spent time in a bleaching vat, were diluted to homeopathic strength, then were passed through the digestive system of a cat to remove any remaining nutrients.