New York Times Apologizes For A Tweet About New Sexual Misconduct Allegation Against Brett Kavanaugh

The New York Times apologized late Saturday after deleting an “offensive” tweet detailing sexual misconduct allegations against Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh. The article linked in the tweet asserted that former Kavanaugh classmate Max Stier "saw Mr. Kavanaugh with his pants down at a different drunken dorm party, where friends pushed his penis into the hand of a female student." Reporting and commentary from all sides of the media criticized the Times for both the tweet and the story itself. Many focused on the fact that Stier had worked as a Clinton defense attorney, which the Times didn't report, and that the article did not mention the alleged victim's refusal to speak with the Times.