New York Journal launched an announcement confirming that its Washington correspondent Olivia Nuzzi “acknowledged to the journal’s editors that she had engaged in a private relationship with a former topic related to the 2024 marketing campaign. Standing cited folks conversant in the matter, saying that the reporting topic is Kennedy Jr.
The assertion continued: “Had the journal been conscious of this relationship, she wouldn’t have continued to cowl the presidential marketing campaign.
“An inside evaluate of her printed work has discovered no inaccuracies nor proof of bias. She is at the moment on depart from the journal, and the journal is conducting a extra thorough third-party evaluate. We remorse this violation of our readers’ belief.”
Nuzzi additionally issued her personal assertion to Standing, detailing that “some communication” turned private earlier this yr.
She continued: “Throughout that point, I didn’t instantly report on the topic nor use them as a supply. The connection was by no means bodily however ought to have been disclosed to forestall the looks of a battle. I deeply remorse not doing so instantly and apologize to these I’ve upset, particularly my colleagues at New York.”
In the meantime, a supply near Kennedy Jr.’s camp advised the New York Submit that the reporter pursued Kennedy Jr. through textual content after she turned “obsessed” with the politician following an interview in California. Nuzzi’s representatives denied the claims.