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I recently learned that a reporter teaching journalism at Brooklyn College had given an assignment to his class, using the allegation against #WoodyAllen as a model for an exercise in critical thinking. I asked the professor about the results, and attached is his response. (1/7)
These findings verify everything I believe about where public opinion would stand if more people were exposed to both sides of this story (and had to back up their beliefs among others exposed to the same information). (2/7)
I’m not a big “anti-media” guy, but I have to wonder what this experiment says about the media’s role in giving equal coverage to both sides of this story. What agenda is being served by some publications that print one article after another... (3/7)
... starting from the premise that Allen is guilty, then reverse-engineering their reporting from there? Kudos to the exceptional reporters and publications (and professors) who value complicated truth over easy click-bait. (4/7)
(5/7) P.S: If you’re interested in the “other side” of this issue, and only have time to read one essay, I would suggest this remarkable blog post by @MosesFarrow: http://mosesfarrow.blogspot.com/2018/05/a-son-speaks-out-by-moses-farrow.html
(6/7) And if you’ve read #MosesFarrow’s piece and still want more, there’s always my own Daily Beast piece from January, 2014: https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-woody-allen-allegations-not-so-fast
(7/7) Or my blog post, “Q&A With Dylan Farrow,” from December, 2017. Then you're on your own. Thank you for your attention. https://ronanfarrowletter.wordpress.com/2017/12/13/qa-with-dylan-farrow/
