Ben Smith’s retrospective Hillary Clinton defense doesn’t make any sense

Published May 18, 2020 6:56pm ET



New York Times media columnist Ben Smith’s latest contains some fair criticisms of Ronan Farrow’s reporting, which the former BuzzFeed News chief claims embodies the weaknesses of “resistance journalism.”

Although Smith curiously doesn’t mention Farrow’s greatest journalistic faux pas, he and Jane Mayer’s uncritical reporting of the nearly debunked Debbie Ramirez allegation against Brett Kavanaugh, he does point out that Farrow could have been more thorough in two instances of corroborating other sexual assault allegations.

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