Top NY Times Editor Admits Biden Campaign Edited Their Sex-Assault Allegation Story
By Tim Graham | April 13, 2020 10:23 PM EDT
In a measure of some internal accountability, New York Times executive editor Dean Baquet submitted to a few questions from new Times media columnist Ben Smith about why the paper took 19 days to report Tara Reade's sexual assault allegations as opposed to quickly reporting the rape charges made against Brett Kavanaugh during his Supreme Court confirmation.
Then there was the controversial sentence coming to Biden's defense. Baquet admitted they deferred to the Biden campaign's wishes and struck it:
SMITH: I want to ask about some edits that were made after publication, the deletion of the second half of the sentence: “The Times found no pattern of sexual misconduct by Mr. Biden, beyond the hugs, kisses and touching that women previously said made them uncomfortable.†Why did you do that?
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https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/tim-graham/2020/04/13/top-ny-times-editor-bumbles-defense-covering-kavanaugh-rougher-biden
