he New York Times has taken heat from both sides of the aisle for walking back its now-revised allegations against Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh Sunday after swift backlash -- with even MSNBC’s liberal morning show and “The View” taking issue with the Gray Lady.
Late Sunday, The New York Times walked back an explosive report about a resurfaced allegation of sexual assault by Kavanaugh from his college days. The piece by Robin Pogrebin and Kate Kelly, adapted from their forthcoming book, alleged there was corroboration of an incident in which Kavanaugh, as a college student at Yale, exposed himself to a female classmate at a party.
However, The Federalist's Mollie Hemingway --
who reviewed an advance copy of the book – flagged a glaring omission and the paper eventually revised the controversial story after being lampooned on social media over the gaffe.
The update included t
he significant detail that several friends of the alleged victim said she did not recall the purported sexual assault. The newspaper also stated for the first time that the alleged victim refused to be interviewed, and has made no other comment about the episode.
As a result, some on the left and right came together and united against the paper.
“It is clear that The Times is indistinguishable from dozens of other left-wing blogs. The White House should treat them -- The New York Times -- the same way they would Vox or Slate,” Barron said.
GOP chairwoman
Ronna McDaniel called the outlet “disgraceful” as a result of the story.
“The New York Times left out critical evidence – all to push their own narrative,” McDaniel tweeted.
While conservatives and journalism purists were outraged, liberals and never-Trumpers weren’t thrilled with the Gray Lady either.
MSNBC’s anti-Trump host Joe Scarborough said it “was a stunning decision to leave that central fact out of an article filled with damning accusations” and pondered if the revision would have occurred without Hemingway pointing out the omission.
Mediaite columnist John Ziegler called The Times a “once universally respected paper of record” that has allowed “biased reporters” to smear Kavanaugh.
ABC News’ “The View” co-host
Abby Huntsman even declared that the latest gaffe would help Trump in 2020.
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