In a wide-ranging report for Vanity Fair chronicling the “turmoil” now “engulfing” The New York Times in the wake of its decision to print an excerpt of a book detailing an additional, unproven sexual assault allegation against now-Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, journalist Joe Pompeo reveals that the NYT’s news division turned down the exposé, leaving the book’s authors to deliver their scoop to the opinion pages.
Reporters Robin Pogrebin and Kate Kelly “initially pitched their reporting to the news side,” hoping for a front page, above-the-fold story that would embroil Kavanaugh, yet again, in a high-profile controversy, but The New York Times news editors “felt that there wasn’t enough juice to warrant a story there, let alone a big page-one treatment” — the kind leftists have been hoping for, Vanity Fair admits, since Kavanaugh was confirmed to the bench.
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