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Sunset & Fire's avatar

Have a listen to Keith Olbermann's Countdown podcast for his very up close and personal take on the woman he lived with for some time. (That's Nuzzi.) He's not at all shocked.

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Rick Massimo's avatar

I’ll say it again: I dare Nuzzi’s defenders to tell me this would still be unimportant if it were Joe Biden or Kamala Harris instead of RFK Jr.

They’ve shown—again—who they are. It’s very important to the Ben Smiths of the world that politics be fun.

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E2's avatar

It would be important if it were somebody just working for any of the campaigns, let alone any of the principals.

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Andrew L. Erdman's avatar

As a former reporter at a Bigtime Magazine, it's so very tempting... to be so close... to fame and the spotlight. Good piece. And today for the win: "Demonstrating his usual solid, whale-harvesting judgment..."

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ArgieBargie's avatar

For those familiar with Olivia's work, you probably didn't think "I did Nuzzi this coming."

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ArgieBargie's avatar

Olivia Nuzzi is the Maggie Haberman of the Megyn Kellys.

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ArgieBargie's avatar

I read somewhere Cheryl Hines fucked off to Italy to avoid all this bullshit.

This has been the longest, most exhausting "Curb Your Enthusiasm" episode ever.

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Doctor Kiddo's avatar

Ms. Nuzzi's "journalistic" output, as well as her inability to maintain any level of integrity, journalistic or personal, should be enough to end her professional career. After reading the link to Jessica Reed Kraus' article, The Talented Ms. Nuzzi, it seems that she may have some issues of her own. The entire article seems to be a vigorous effort to portray herself as an unwitting dupe of Ms. Nuzzi's manipulation, and to portray Crazy Hoarse as some sort of stalking victim who was powerless against the endless stream of nude pictures and videos sent to him by Ms. Nuzzi. She also laughably portrays him as a legitimate and formidable candidate who appeals to suburban women (due to his concern for the health of children LOL), and who poses a significant threat to Democratic candidates. Ms. Reed Kraus then goes on to speculate that the only reason the story is coming out now, is to harm Crazy Hoarse's surging political support (also LO fucking L). Between Ms. Nuzzi, and Ms. Reed Kraus, it's a toss up on which one is most delusional.

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Stephen Robinson's avatar

Yeah, you'd think that *if* Kraus believed what she said about RFK, she'd have rejected him when he endorsed Trump. He's either MAGA like Ted Cruz or such an egomaniac he'd abandon everything he believes to hurt Harris. Hell, Cruz is actually better morally.

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Linda1961 is woke and proud's avatar

As someone who came of age before cable (well, before we got cable), it saddens me to see how the legacy media has debased itself in the name of access journalism. As a pre-teen (as we called tweens in the 1970s), and then a teenager, we laughed at Ted Baxter as the news anchor on the MTM show. The joke is on us, as most of the legacy media has become Ted Baxter, or worse.

Before the advent of cable news, the three broadcast networks provided news programs at various points during the day or evening, as a public service to Americans. They did it, not expecting to make money off of the news, and they didn't. IT WAS A FUCKING PUBLIC SERVICE, but today's "news" networks, "news"papers, and broadcast channels only care about clicks and money.

Sorry for the shouting, but the debasement of American journalism is what led to trump being "elected" president in 2016, and that he might be "elected" in November. I may forgive the legacy media for that some day, but I will never forget it.

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E2's avatar

Big Tech took over journalism's revenue but not its civic responsibility.

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Andrew L. Erdman's avatar

Well said. And why I am drawn to getting news from smaller sources like this.

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MzNicky in East Jesus, TN's avatar

I remember seeing the tape of David Gregory “rapping” and “dancing” with Karl Rove at the Radio & TV Correspondents dinner in 2007. I couldn’t believe my eyes. The horror! The horror! WTF did Gregory think he was doing? I’ll always remember that as a sign of the coming incestuous media apocalypse.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bAA79s0TLaI

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DrBDH's avatar

That is the most disturbing description of any body part, much less the lowly ear, that I have ever read. It belongs in the Bulwer-Lytton Award contest. I quake at the thought of what she might do to the nose and throat to complete her otorhinolaryngolical tribute to America’s worst man.

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Kim M Murphy's avatar

I thought it was going to lead into something gynecological.

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SethTriggs's avatar

I wonder if she kept hair clippings from him. This whole thing is *batshit!*

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Eva Porter's avatar

Geez. I never read anything she wrote, that I know of, but that paragraph in the Trump piece is just TOO MUCH. I'd have started it and thought "what IS this shit". Seriously. If I want over the top prose, I'll read a bad novel.

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SethTriggs's avatar

It's worse than Rich Lowry and his "starbursts" over Sarah Palin.

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StarJamma's avatar

God, I'd forgotten about that one.

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Old Man Shadow's avatar

Christ, the amount of psychopaths and narcissists infesting our media and political class is killing the Republic.

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Edith Prickly's avatar

GROSS. Girl, get some therapy.

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SethTriggs's avatar

When a guy who has *driven down an Interstate highway with a decomposing whale head strapped to a station wagon roof, dousing his kids with ichor,* has to block you because you're a sex pest, you need to reevaluate your life choices!

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babaganusz's avatar

now, Chased By Porn ... that's begging for the cover of the space-age reboot of Weird Tales!

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babaganusz's avatar

can't imagine why I'd give them the clixk to double-check, but the "not of this earth" snippet didn't take me to Poe's plane at all — more like 3rd-rate Lovecraft. The bit about the ear was profoundly jarring, though — maybe a head wound has her inhabiting Patrick Bateman?

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Virginia S. O'Possum's avatar

This makes her sound more pathetic than I had imagined.

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SethTriggs's avatar

She should go get an apartment with Laura Loomer!

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Kay-El's avatar

Garlic honey glazed bear sounds tempting. Actually garlic honey glazed anything sounds tasty*.

Nuzzi has reached the lowest of lows if you don’t count Trump.

*No bears were harmed in this attempt at humor.

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