Whatever the framing, an editor at the New Yorker and Farrow both responded Monday on Twitter to Smith’s allegations. Part of the pushback addressed the apparent discrepancy between how Farrow spoke about his NBC News reporting and how NBC News executives described it. What I should have said was that there were at least two women named or willing to be named, as the book lays out. — Ronan Farrow (@RonanFarrow) May 18, 2020As any journalist knows, “willing to be named” sources are not the same as “named” sources. That version of events aligns with the account of Rich McHugh, who worked on the story with Farrow at NBC News.

Source: Washington Post May 20, 2020 18:21 UTC