Except -- and this really matters -- Farrow never said to "Believe All Women"; instead, he chose to believe women who had believable, credible stories. So while it's easy (and compelling storytelling) to suggest that #MeToo is built on shoddy foundations, or lazy reporting, let's be perfectly clear: Ronan Farrow and his reporting didn't end these men's careers. And, given Farrow and his editor's responses to Smith and Lauer's allegations, we can't know if it's even that. And, in a critical distinction, "Believe women" is not the same as "Believe all women" (itself a construction that Faludi describes in her piece as "canard, blown into a bonfire by the right.") There have been instances in which Farrow's reporting has not held up.

Source: CNN May 21, 2020 10:07 UTC