New York magazine has trashed its usually loquacious reporters over the sexting scandal involving star reporter Olivia Nuzzi and former presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., according to a report.
Vox Media, which bought the magazine in 2019, warned employees not to send any correspondence about the strange incident — or contact Nuzzi, Business Insider reported, citing a letter sent to employees Tuesday by general counsel Brian Leung .
David Haskell — who took over as the magazine’s editor-in-chief in 2019 — also doesn’t want anyone badmouthing Nuzzi in public, according to BI.
“You have to wonder if more will come out,” a newsroom source told Business Insider.
Vox declined to comment.
Nuzzi and Kennedy did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Nuzzi was placed on leave last week after she admitted to engaging in a “personal relationship” with “a former subject important to the 2024 campaign while reporting on the campaign” as the magazine’s Washington correspondent.
Former CNN reporter Oliver Darcy’s Status newsletter reported that the subject was Kennedy.
Employees will have to wait to ask Haskell about his decision because his monthly staff meeting, scheduled for Wednesday, was canceled due to a conflict. The delay is not common, sources told Business Insider.
The magazine’s editorial staff has been shaken by the scandal, three New York employees told Business Insider.
Some employees believe Nuzzi was not immediately fired — as she violated the magazine’s ethics standards — while others have expressed sympathy for her situation, sources said.
The magazine said it is conducting a “more thorough third-party review” of Nuzzi’s published work after an internal investigation found no evidence of bias.
“We regret this breach of trust with our readers,” the New Yorker said in a statement last week.
The 31-year-old reporter profiled Kennedy in November 2023 and continued to cover the election despite their relationship — which Nuzzi said was not physical in a statement to The New York Times.
Most recently, she reported on former President Donald Trump in an article published on September 9.
Nuzzi was vilified even before he was ousted for writing a controversial exposé titled “The Conspiracy of Silence to Protect Joe Biden,” which was published a week after the president’s disastrous debate performance against Trump.
Liberals took to X to attack the reporter and complained about the cover accompanying the story, which showed a cartoon Biden wearing his signature shades with his mouth hanging open.
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