The New York Times is reviewing the work of liberal columnist Nicholas Kristof to determine if "clarifications" are necessary after he failed to disclose that subjects of his work previously donated to his political campaign. Kristof, who briefly left the Times in 2021 to run for governor of Oregon as a Democrat, returned to the newspaper in 2022 after he was deemed ineligible because of the state’s three-year residency requirement.At the time, the Times insisted Kristof would "either refrain from writing about donors or disclose the relationship to readers" going forward. Semafor reported on Monday that Kristof "wrote favorably" about Bill Gates, who was a significant donor to his failed campaign, on multiple occasions without noting that Gates and his former wife reportedly forked over a combined $100,000.
Semafor also reported that Kristof quoted McKinsey Global Managing Partner Bob Sternfels and late Harvard professor Joseph Nye without disclosing their prior donations to his campaign, along with other "undisclosed connections." ISRAELI PM NETANYAHU INITIATING DEFAMATION LAWSUIT AGAINST NEW YORK TIMES OVER CONTROVERSIAL ‘DOG RAPE’ STORYThe New York Times is reviewing the work of columnist Nicholas Kristof.(Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)The Times, which has strict rules about its journalists participating in political activism, announced a probe once Semafor inquired about the potential conflict. "Previous political donations made by some people Nick Kristof mentioned in his columns should have been made more clear to readers.
Editors from Times Opinion are reviewing these articles to determine further clarifications for readers," a Times spokesperson told Fox News Digital. Meanwhile, Kristof has been outspoken when it comes to news surrounding deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, and even directly asked ex-Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak about his ties to the convicted pedophile at last year’s New York Times DealBook summit.Kristof has critici...