Saturday, May 23, 2026

The Lynch Mob Mentality Turns Against Meryl Streep, For No Reason: She Knew Nothing About Harvey Weinstein’s Scandals

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The lynch mob mentality has now turned against Meryl Streep. The Hollywood Reporter has this picture up, apparently someone’s making these posters that say “She knew.”

Uh, she knew nothing. Not only did she say so, but it’s true.

I wonder if this is Trump-related, since Meryl made her famous speech last year at the Golden Globes. Could Trump people be behind this? Oh yes, definitely.

Meryl Streep, like other actors, made movies at Miramax and The Weinstein Company. Like 90% of those actors, she knew nothing about what was going on. She went to the set, and made the films. She did the publicity. That’s it. I’ve no doubt if she’d known what had happened to Rose McGowan, Annabella Sciorra or anyone else, Streep would have spoken out and stopped making movies with Harvey Weinstein.

Rose McGowan has turned into a warrior, and a spokesperson, which is great. But with that comes a certain power and responsibility. Maybe it’s time to take a look at that, as well.

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Roger Friedman is the founder and editor-in-chief of Showbiz411. He wrote the FOX411 column on FoxNews.com from 1999 to 2009 and previously edited Fame magazine and wrote the "Intelligencer" column at New York magazine. His bylines have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, the New York Daily News, the New York Post, Vogue, Details, and the Miami Herald. He is a voting member of the Critics Choice Awards (Film and Television branches), and his movie reviews are tracked by Rotten Tomatoes. is articles have appeared in dozens of publications over the years including New York Magazine, where he wrote the Intelligencer column in the mid 90s and covered the OJ Simpson trial, and Fox News (when it wasn't so crazy) where he covered Michael Jackson. With D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus, he co-produced the 2002 documentary "Only the Strong Survive," which screened at Directors' Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival.

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