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New York magazine’s Washington Correspondent Olivia Nuzzi was placed connected permission aft disclosing an alleged “personal” narration with Robert F. Kennedy, who is joined to histrion Cheryl Hines.
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A New York mag newsman has been placed connected leave for allegedly engaging successful a “personal” narration with Robert F. Kennedy.
Star political journalist Olivia Nuzzi, who has been the Washington analogous for the work since 2017, was recently placed connected leave for disclosing an alleged narration with a erstwhile autarkic 2024 statesmanlike candidate. Though Olivia didn’t sanction the person by name, NBC News, citing the New York Times and CNN, study it to beryllium RFK, who is joined to Cheryl Hines.
“Olivia Nuzzi acknowledged to the magazine’s editors that she had engaged successful a idiosyncratic narration with a erstwhile taxable applicable to the 2024 run portion she was reporting connected the campaign,” a Sept. 19 connection by New York magazine detailed. “A usurpation of the magazine’s standards astir conflicts of involvement and disclosures.”
The mag noted that an interior reappraisal of the enactment produced by the 31-year-old—who is engaged to Politico’s Chief Washington Correspondent Ryan Lizza—throughout the 2024 statesmanlike run frankincense acold had recovered “no inaccuracies nor grounds of bias”
“She is presently connected permission from the magazine, and the mag is conducting a much thorough third-party review,” the connection concluded. “We regret this usurpation of our readers’ trust.”
Nuzzi aboriginal shared a connection of her ain regarding the relationship to respective publications, including the New York Times.
“Some connection betwixt myself and a erstwhile reporting taxable turned personal,” Nuzzi shared successful a statement. “The narration was ne'er carnal but should person been disclosed to forestall the quality of a conflict. I profoundly regret not doing truthful instantly and apologize to those I’ve disappointed, particularly my colleagues astatine New York.”
Nuzzi nor the work person publically addressed whether the taxable was, indeed, RFK, but sources acquainted with the substance confirmed arsenic specified to CNN, the New York Times and Status, a governmental newsletter by Oliver Darcy, who was the archetypal to interruption the news.
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Regarding the allegations, a rep for the 70-year-old responded with a statement, noting a illustration the newsman had produced successful November 2023.
“Mr. Kennedy lone met Olivia Nuzzi erstwhile successful his beingness for an interrogation she requested,” the connection to the New York Times disclosed. “Which yielded a deed piece.”
In the aforementioned profile, Nuzzi wrote of going for a hike with RFK successful precocious October of 2023, during which the brace discussed his leaving of the Democratic Party to tally for the 2024 statesmanlike run independently (RFK dropped retired of the contention past month).
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In the profile, Nuzzi described, “Kennedy’s chill disposition is present the remainder of the governmental world’s simmering panic attack.”
The writer has continued to study connected the 2024 statesmanlike campaign since, but has not covered RFK successful arsenic overmuch detail. Her past communicative published to the mag was an interrogation with enactment campaigner Donald Trump earlier this period astatine his Mar-A-Lago home.
E! News has reached retired to reps for Nuzzi and RFK arsenic good arsenic New York magazine for comment, but has not yet heard back.
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