EXCLUSIVE: A senior figure at The Times of London has bemoaned the damage done to the Rupert Murdoch-owned newspaper’s reputation after a reporter was duped by a man pretending to be Bill de Blasio. Ian Brunskill, an associate editor at The Times, emailed the newsroom lamenting the “humiliating” botched interview with the former New York City mayor. The email (read …
Read More »
It was a hell of a scoop. Here was Bill de Blasio, the progressive former mayor of New York who has been an enthusiastic supporter of Zohran Mamdani, suddenly turning on the man whom many expect to be elected as the next mayor next month. “While the ambition is admirable, the cost estimates – reportedly exceeding $7bn annually – rest …
Read More »
The British newspaper the Times has apologized and deleted an article after discovering its reporter had been duped by someone pretending to be Bill de Blasio, the former mayor of New York City. The newspaper removed the article from its website after the real De Blasio released a statement calling the quotes attributed to him “entirely false and fabricated” and …
Read More »