Reporters With Benefits as The Worm Turns

Article by Guardian Staff in The Guardian, 9/20/24

Headline: “Reporter Olivia Nuzzi on leave after alleged personal relationship with RFK Jr revealed”

Subhead: “New York magazine politics writer profiled Kennedy during his presidential run and says their talks ‘turned personal’ “

“A top politics writer for New York Magazine has taken leave at the publication after it emerged that she allegedly had a personal relationship with Robert F Kennedy Jr, a scion of the Kennedy dynasty who ran a high-profile independent campaign for the White House before endorsing Donald Trump.

“Olivia Nuzzi, who has written extensive long-form pieces about US politics, including RFK Jr, violated the magazine’s standards around disclosing conflicts of interests, the publication said in a statement.

“Our Washington Correspondent Olivia Nuzzi acknowledged to the magazine’s editors that she had engaged in a personal relationship with a former subject relevant to the 2024 campaign . . . “.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/sep/20/olivia-nuzzi-rfk-jr-nymag