Ex-Disney CEO Michael Eisner calls Harvey Weinstein worst part of career
Eisner called his dealings with Harvey Weinstein the hardest part of his Disney career while recalling their business relationship.

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TAP FOR WHYEntertainment Weekly is an established national publication with an identified author and a reported effort to seek comment. The article offers limited original sourcing beyond Eisner’s interview and does not show its corrections practices.
- Source type — Established national entertainment publication with editorial reporting.
- Author attribution — A named senior writer is credited.
- Editorial standards — The story attributes its central claims to an identified interview and reports an attempt to obtain a response.
- Correction history — No corrections information is presented in the article.
The article uses direct quotations from an identified interview, gives relevant business context, and notes an effort to obtain Weinstein’s comment. It relies mainly on one interview and provides little independent context for Eisner’s criticisms.
HOW WE SCORE ↗The article gives Eisner’s detailed perspective and notes an attempt to seek Weinstein’s response, but no response or independent account of their business relationship appears.
- Source diversity — The central account relies on Eisner’s interview; the article says a Weinstein representative was contacted.
- Counterarguments presented — No response from Weinstein is included.
- Opinion vs reporting — The story is reported as an interview recap, with Eisner’s evaluations clearly attributed.
The story reports Eisner’s comments with attribution and includes both criticism of Weinstein and praise for his filmmaking instincts, without a discernible partisan frame.
- Language tone — The article’s loaded descriptions are presented as Eisner’s quoted words or as background facts.
- Source selection — The account centers on Eisner’s interview and notes that Weinstein’s representative was asked for comment.
- Framing — It presents both Eisner’s criticism and his praise of Weinstein’s film work.
In a new interview, former Disney CEO Michael Eisner called working with Harvey Weinstein the hardest part of his career, accusing Weinstein of lying and praising his film instincts despite their difficult relationship.
Michael Eisner said in an interview that dealing with Harvey Weinstein was a particularly difficult part of his time leading Disney. Eisner described Weinstein as rude and dishonest, while also crediting him with strong instincts for independent films and major hits. Eisner said he was proud of Disney’s 1993 purchase of Miramax for $70 million, though he regretted passing on Weinstein’s offer to make the Lord of the Rings franchise because of its projected budget.
Entertainment Weekly reported that Weinstein was convicted in two trials of sex crimes and received prison sentences of 16 and 23 years. The publication said it sought comment from a Weinstein representative.
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