The New York Times is conducting a leak investigation following a report in The Intercept about a yet-to-be-aired episode of The Daily addressing explosive claims of sexual violence committed by Hamas on October 7. The investigation, I’m told, is being led by Charlotte Behrendt, the paper’s director of policy and internal investigations. “We aren’t going to comment on internal matters,” Times spokesperson Danielle Rhoades Ha said in a statement to Vanity Fair when asked about the leak investigation. Tens of thousands of Palestinians have been killed since, and around two million internally displaced. The Times was among the news organizations scrutinized for their initial framing of the Gaza hospital bombing, as I reported in October, and later issued a rare editors’ note regarding its coverage.

Source: New York Times February 29, 2024 19:24 UTC