🎧 ‘The Daily’: Today’s Hearing: Trial or Job Interview? | New York Times

Listened to ‘The Daily’: Today’s Hearing: Trial or Job Interview? by Michael Barbaro from New York Times

Republicans and Democrats are expected to take very different approaches to the questioning of Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh and Dr. Christine Blasey Ford.

🎧 ‘The Daily’: The Conservative Divide Over Kavanaugh | New York Times

Listened to ‘The Daily’: The Conservative Divide Over Kavanaugh by Michael Barbaro from New York Times

We look at three stances taken on the accusations against the Supreme Court nominee.

👓 Opinion | Padma Lakshmi: I Was Raped at 16 and I Kept Silent | New York Times

Read Opinion | Padma Lakshmi: I Was Raped at 16 and I Kept Silent by Padma Lakshmi (New York Times)
I understand why a woman would wait years to disclose a sexual assault.

👓 Scandal after scandal focuses scrutiny on USC leadership, culture | LA Times

Read Scandal after scandal focuses scrutiny on USC leadership, culture by Paul Pringle, Matt Hamilton, Sarah Parvini, and Harriet Ryan (latimes.com)
How USC handled the case of a campus gynecologist allowed to practice for years despite complaints of misconduct has sparked outrage and demands for change in the university’s leadership and management culture. To some, it is part of a troubling pattern.
If I were a journalist, I would just start tracking people leaving posts and then dig into what the scandal must surely be. USC is definitely stinking from the head and needs to begin digging itself out of an ever-deepening hole.

👓 APA Agent Tyler Grasham Fired From Agency Following Sexual Assault Allegations | Deadline Hollywood

Read APA Agent Tyler Grasham Fired From Agency Following Sexual Assault Allegations by Anita Busch (Deadline Hollywood)
Updated 3:22 PM: Tyler Grasham has now been fired from APA. “Tyler Grasham has been terminated, effective immediately,” said a spokesman for the agency. The move comes as one of those who alleged he had been sexually assaulted said earlier today he was going to filed a police report with the LAPD this afternoon and he says he has. Lucas Ozarowski, a 27-year-old film and TV editor, says he also was assaulted by Grasham after Blaise Godbe Lipman first spoke up on Facebook talking about what he faced from the agent while seeking representation 10 years ago as a child actor.

👓 Matt Damon, Russell Crowe Reportedly Helped Kill a 2004 Harvey Weinstein Article | Vulture

Read Ex-NYT Reporter Claims Weinstein Asked Damon to Help Kill 2004 Story; NYT Denies (Vulture)
The Wrap editor Sharon Waxman trades accusations with top Times editors, says Weinstein pressured celebrity friends to help kill the story.