Will the Harvey Weinstein scandal be a watershed moment?
To the Point
KCRW
4.4 • 583 Ratings
🗓️ 23 October 2017
⏱️ 51 minutes
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It's been decades since Hollywood liberals denounced the "casting couch" and vowed to end "sexual harassment." But revelations about Harvey Weinstein reveal the hypocrisy of the film industry… and much more.
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| 0:00.0 | From KCRW in Santa Monica and PRI, Public Radio International, this is To the Point. |
| 0:08.1 | Harvey Weinstein, the end or just the beginning? |
| 0:14.9 | Hello again, I'm all in the end. This is To the Point. In 1975, the term sexual harassment was first used in public, giving women a word for what was happening in the workplace and the potential for change. |
| 0:26.7 | Government institutions and corporations formerly banned it. Lawyers helped settle cases. Harvey Weinstein declared himself a feminist. |
| 0:35.0 | But changing the rules did not change the power dynamics. Now, revelations about Weinstein |
| 0:40.4 | and others have made that reality undeniable. In 24 hours, millions of women around the world |
| 0:46.5 | posted, Me Too. Is it finally time for men to join the struggle for change? Later on today's |
| 0:53.3 | talking point, can a Cub Scout ask a state |
| 0:55.6 | senator tough questions? First, here's the news. Check out KCRW's all-news channel News 24, |
| 1:05.4 | programming from KCRW, NPR, the BBC, and more 24 hours a day. Go to KCRW.com slash News24, or you can listen on KCRW's app. |
| 1:22.3 | Support for To the Point comes from the members of KCRW and from the Public Radio International Program Fund. |
| 1:29.1 | Hello again, Warren. I'll be back with To the Point. It's been decades since Hollywood |
| 1:32.7 | liberals denounced the casting couch and vowed an end to sexual harassment. But revelations about Harvey Weinstein revealed the hypocrisy of the film industry and much more. |
| 1:43.8 | We'll heard about all that. Today's talking point, |
| 1:46.1 | an 11-year-old in Colorado was kicked out of his Cub Scout den after asking a state |
| 1:51.2 | senator challenging questions. We'll hear about that too. First, this news update on ABC television |
| 1:56.6 | today, Maisha Johnson confirmed that on that infamous condolence call, President Trump did tell her |
| 2:03.6 | that her husband knew what he signed up for before he was killed last week in West Africa. |
| 2:08.5 | She added this about Mr. Trump's call. |
| 2:11.5 | I heard him stumbling on trying to remember my husband A. |
| 2:16.4 | And that were hurting me the most because if my husband is |
| 2:20.1 | out here fighting for our country and he risked his life for our country, why can't you remember |
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