In "She Said," Kantor and Twohey got a tip that Ronan Farrow, a reporter for The New Yorker, was also talking to women connected to Weinstein for a story. The movie also depicts other outlets like Variety and The Hollywood Reporter publishing smaller stories about Weinstein's mysterious business dealings during that time, but nothing as investigative as what the NYT was working on. This was true to life, as in 2017, The New York Times wasn't the only publication investigating Weinstein.
In the end, the NYT article was published first on Oct. 5, and five days later, Farrow published his in The New Yorker, which revealed the identities of 13 more women who came forward with allegations against the producer.
"She Said" puts into perspective an industry phenomenon called "scooping." When investigating stories, sometimes journalists worry about whether their tip is already being reported on by another publication (and whose story will get published first), so being the first to publish something is a real pressure journalists face.
