Sony Hack Reveals Maureen Dowd Showed Sony Exec's Husband Column Before Publication

Sony Hack Reveals Maureen Dowd Showed Sony Exec's Husband Column Before Publication
WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 12: New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd speaks on 'Meet the Press' during a taping at the NBC studios November 12, 2006 in Washington, DC. Gregory spoke on the results of the midterm elections. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images for Meet the Press)
WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 12: New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd speaks on 'Meet the Press' during a taping at the NBC studios November 12, 2006 in Washington, DC. Gregory spoke on the results of the midterm elections. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images for Meet the Press)

New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd promised to show Sony Pictures co-chair Amy Pascal’s husband, Bernard Weinraub, — a former Times reporter — a version of a column featuring Pascal before publication.

The end result was a column that painted Pascal in such a good light that she engaged in a round of mutual adulation with Dowd over email after its publication. It also scored Pascal points back at the studio, with Sony’s then-communications-chief calling the column “impressive.”

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