New York Times Hires Buzzfeed Lead Reporter on Steele Hoax Dossier To Cover ‘Right-Wing Media’

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New York Times Hires Buzzfeed Lead Reporter on Steele Dossier to Cover ‘Right-Wing Media’

By: Emma-Jo Morris, Breitbart News, 18 August 18, 2022:

The New York Times announced Thursday that it has hired Buzzfeed News’s Ken Bensinger to “pioneer a new beat” covering right-wing media — the same Ken Bensinger, the Times omits in its announcement, who first reported the Steele Dossier.

New York Times Politics Editor David Halbfinger declared in a splashy release that Bensinger would join the “democracy team” on the Politics Desk, covering right-wing media as his full-time beat.

Big hire. https://t.co/876AUdfXRy

— David Halbfinger (@halbfinger) August 18, 2022

The statement provides an exhaustive list of topics and stories Bensinger has covered — from campaign finance, to “political disinformation,” to the Oath Keepers’ finances. Curiously absent, however, is any mention of Bensinger being the lead reporter on the uncritical Buzzfeed story that injected the infamous Steele Dossier into the public conversation in 2017, with the headline: “These Reports Allege Trump Has Deep Ties To Russia.”

The Dossier was eventually revealed to be full of false information, after it was used as the basis for the “Russia collusion” investigation that consumed the majority of former President Donald Trump’s term, ultimately proving to be a hoax.

Bensinger never reported any follow-up stories on the topic of the Dossier, according to his byline on Buzzfeed, after it was confirmed to be disinformation.

The bulk of his work following that story focused on foreign workers being employed at Trump properties.

Halbfinger writes of Bensinger’s work:

That digging was terrific preparation for Ken’s new beat, filled as it is with people who reject mainstream narratives and question the institutions that hold up our democracy. Understanding the way information is developed, circulated and absorbed on the right is vital at this precarious moment, and requires a healthy measure of patience, empathy and understanding along with investigative chops, skepticism and toughness.

Halbfinger did not immediately respond to Breitbart News’s request for comment, asking why he concealed Bensinger’s involvement in what would be the biggest story of his career, and why he believes the purveyor of such a sinister item of disinformation would be a good fit for the Times’ “democracy team.”

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