--- title: Ronan Farrow Says #MeToo is not about removing the powerful description: Ronan Farrow, who recently received a Pulitzer Prize for his reporting on Harvey Weinstein, is on the TIME 100 list for 2018. canonical: https://time.com/5249082/ronan-farrow-on-me-too/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-04-25T00:05:23.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:52:21.341Z og:title: Ronan Farrow on the Real Purpose of the #MeToo Movement og:description: "This was never about taking out powerful people." og:url: https://time.com/5249082/ronan-farrow-on-me-too/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt35ce0ed1a308624f/69892e8ee76ad287fe631c9a/time-100-most-influential-gala-2018-red-carpet-007.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2405 og:image:height: 1353 og:image:alt: Time 100 Gala 2018 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Ronan Farrow on the Real Purpose of the #MeToo Movement twitter:description: "This was never about taking out powerful people." twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt35ce0ed1a308624f/69892e8ee76ad287fe631c9a/time-100-most-influential-gala-2018-red-carpet-007.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Ronan Farrow on the #MeToo Movement: 'This Was Never About Taking Out Powerful People.' > Sponsored content. 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Landon Nordeman for TIME  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Apr 25, 2018 12:05 AM UTC It’s been a big week for Ronan Farrow: the journalist and lawyer won a Pulitzer Prize for [his reporting](http://time.com/5098264/woody-allen-ronan-farrow-abuse-of-power/) on Harvey Weinstein for the _New Yorker_, was named to the [TIME 100](http://time.com/collection-post/5217592/ronan-farrow-jodi-kantor-megan-twohey/) for 2018 and published a new book, [_War on Peace: The End of Diplomacy and the Decline of American Influence_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0393652106/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=time037-20&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0393652106&linkId=8ce5a188153411b6b411ad67a392dbfe). Luckily, he took the time to celebrate at the [TIME 100 Gala](http://time.com/5246023/time-100-2018-jennifer-lopez-shawn-mendes/) in New York City on Tuesday, attending with his mom, Mia Farrow. At the gala, the Pulitzer prize winner clarified the true purpose of the #MeToo movement. “I don’t think that this movement was ever about taking out powerful people,” Farrow told TIME. “This was about victim and survivors being heard for the first time. The example [Emily Nestor](http://time.com/4971185/harvey-weinstein-sexual-harassment-women/) set will last the test of time.” (Nestor, one of the first women to come forward about Harvey Weinstein, was Farrow’s guest for the evening.) Farrow was honored by TIME for his reporting alongside the _New York Times_ reporters Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor, who all helped break the stories of [systemic harassment](http://time.com/5015204/harvey-weinstein-scandal/) allegedly experienced by actresses including Ashley Judd, Rose McGowan and Asia Argento at the hands of powerful producer Weinstein. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5249082/ronan-farrow-on-me-too/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5249082/ronan-farrow-on-me-too/"},"headline":"Ronan Farrow on the #MeToo Movement: 'This Was Never About Taking Out Powerful People.'","datePublished":"2018-04-25T00:05:23.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:52:21.341Z","description":"Ronan Farrow, who recently received a Pulitzer Prize for his reporting on Harvey Weinstein, is on the TIME 100 list for 2018.","url":"https://time.com/5249082/ronan-farrow-on-me-too/","keywords":["Newsfeed","GALA","T1002018"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt35ce0ed1a308624f/69892e8ee76ad287fe631c9a/time-100-most-influential-gala-2018-red-carpet-007.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt35ce0ed1a308624f/69892e8ee76ad287fe631c9a/time-100-most-influential-gala-2018-red-carpet-007.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Time 100 Gala 2018","caption":"Scenes from the 2018 Time 100 Gala in New York City","creditText":"Landon Nordeman for TIME","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5249082/ronan-farrow-on-me-too/","name":"Ronan Farrow on the #MeToo Movement: 'This Was Never About Taking Out Powerful People.'"}}]}] ```