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This is Studio 360. I'm Kurti Anderson.

In the Me Too era, so many creative people are being outed as jerks, bullies, predators, worse. And for journalists who

cover arts and entertainment, it's a bit of a tightrope. How can you write about House of Cards

or The Cosby Show ever again without the work feeling hopelessly tainted? Are they still great shows, even if their stars or

creators, clearly aren't great people? How do you investigate claims of harassment if nobody

will talk? And a star's publicist won't let you near the client. What excellent works were

never made because of lousy men who got in the way. A few weeks ago,

I was on a panel with journalists and critics to talk about some of these questions. It was called

When Bad People Create Good Art, writing about culture in the Me Too era. With me were Nekesamudi,

the Global Entertainment and Style Editor for the Associated Press. Me Too era. With me were Nekesamoudi, the Global Entertainment and Style

Editor for the Associated Press. Me Too, this was the time when we finally had people who were

coming out and some high-profile people were accused of sexual misconduct.

Maureen Ryan, who was chief TV critic at Variety.

I like to think about the creators who didn't get a chance,

people who were in their path, who were harmed, you know, how they're doing.

I mean, I think a lot about that.

And A.O. Scott, one of the film critics for the New York Times,

talking here about Harvey Weinstein.

One of the ways, in retrospect, that he was able to scare people off the kinds of stories that ultimately

came out that undid him was by going aggressively after people for much smaller things. So like

if you if you misreported the box office on one of his pictures. Our moderator that evening was

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