No, the New York Times has not admitted to peddling ‘fake news’ about most recent Kavanaugh claim
Brett Kavanaugh,Sexual Misconduct,New York Times,Yale,Higher Education,Media Bias
The conservative publication PJ Media says in a headline spreading virally on Facebook that the New York Times admitted a new allegation against Justice Brett Kavanaugh is "fake news," but that is misleading.
The back-and-forth stems from a Sept. 14 report in the New York Times that contains a previously unreported accusation of sexual impropriety by Kavanaugh while a student at Yale.
After its initial reporting, the New York Times added more information to its story online and published an editor’s note explaining its decision.
We’ll walk through what changed in the Times story in a second. But it was not as PJ Media claimed in its headline, "New York Times Now Admits New Kavanaugh Accusation Is Fake News."
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