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The New York Times has come up in 4 episodes across 3 podcasts in TMT, including The Megyn Kelly Show, Pod Save America, SmartLess. 6 people have made recorded remarks about it.

What people said

Megyn KellyConservative broadcaster and podcaster

Kelly asserted that the Times reporters likely knew Racicot's full account before publishing.
“And I guarantee you the Times knew Rassakot's story. There's no way Rassakot did not tell the two women who interviewed her the full story”
The Megyn Kelly Show: Platner Allegation EXPOSES the Media, and the Tyler Robinson Defense REVEALED, with Bevan, Halperin, Aronberg, Holloway, Geragos, Eiglarsh, and Spilbor | Ep. 1354 (Jul 7, 2026) · Listen from 18:00

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Tom BevanCo-founder and president of RealClearPolitics

Bevan argued that featuring a conservative accuser let Democrats dismiss the allegations, whereas reporting a liberal accuser's claims would have made that harder.
“if they had reported the fact that there were also credible allegations from from another woman who who was from the other side of the aisle”
The Megyn Kelly Show: Platner Allegation EXPOSES the Media, and the Tyler Robinson Defense REVEALED, with Bevan, Halperin, Aronberg, Holloway, Geragos, Eiglarsh, and Spilbor | Ep. 1354 (Jul 7, 2026) · Listen from 23:23

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Mark HalperinAmerican political journalist and host of the podcast Next Up

Halperin characterized the Times' original Platner story as an attempted catch-and-kill.
“If you couple that with what I can only see as a catch-and-kill attempt by writing the original story, coupled with Lindsay's”
The Megyn Kelly Show: Platner Allegation EXPOSES the Media, and the Tyler Robinson Defense REVEALED, with Bevan, Halperin, Aronberg, Holloway, Geragos, Eiglarsh, and Spilbor | Ep. 1354 (Jul 7, 2026) · Listen from 15:59

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Sean DavisCEO and co-founder of The Federalist

Davis argues the Times labels outlets as right-wing to signal to readers they can ignore the reporting.
“They're creating the permission structure for their own readers to ignore it”
The Megyn Kelly Show: Shady California Vote Counting, and Dems' Platner Hypocrisy, with Sohrab Ahmari and Sean Davis, Plus James Patterson on Patriotism | Ep. 1333 (Jun 5, 2026) · Listen from 1:05:56

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Sohrab AhmariU.S. editor of UnHerd and conservative commentator

Ahmari argues the Times would have published stronger allegations against Platner had it been able to corroborate them.
“If they had something that was stronger that they felt they could corroborate without getting slapped with a libel suit, they would have run it”
The Megyn Kelly Show: Shady California Vote Counting, and Dems' Platner Hypocrisy, with Sohrab Ahmari and Sean Davis, Plus James Patterson on Patriotism | Ep. 1333 (Jun 5, 2026) · Listen from 42:27

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Kareem RahmaEgyptian-born, New York-based comedian, artist and media entrepreneur; host of Subway Takes and Keep the Meter Running

Rahma says he helped start Times Video at The New York Times.
“I like helped start Times Video, which now makes film and television and kind of the podcasting and all that stuff”
SmartLess: "Kareem Rahma" (May 11, 2026) · Listen from 17:49

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Coverage over time

May 2026Jul 2026

Episodes discussing it, by month of release.

Podcasts

The Megyn Kelly Show · 2 episodes
Pod Save America · 1 episode
SmartLess · 1 episode

Episodes

Trump Honors Dead Friend, Restarts War
Pod Save America · Jul 14, 2026 · 1 h 19 min
Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett and Tommy Vietor discuss the resumed Iran war, Lindsey Graham's death and McConnell's health, then Lovett interviews Brian Tyler Cohen about his book.
Platner Allegation EXPOSES the Media, and the Tyler Robinson Defense REVEALED, with Bevan, Halperin, Aronberg, Holloway, Geragos, Eiglarsh, and Spilbor | Ep. 1354
The Megyn Kelly Show · Jul 7, 2026 · 2 h 28 min
Megyn Kelly discusses the Graham Platner rape allegation with Tom Bevan and Mark Halperin, then analyzes Tyler Robinson's preliminary hearing with five legal commentators.
Shady California Vote Counting, and Dems' Platner Hypocrisy, with Sohrab Ahmari and Sean Davis, Plus James Patterson on Patriotism | Ep. 1333
The Megyn Kelly Show · Jun 5, 2026 · 1 h 43 min
Megyn Kelly, Sohrab Ahmari and Sean Davis discuss California's slow vote count, allegations against Graham Platner and the Karmelo Anthony trial, then James Patterson and Matt Eversmann discuss Rocket's Red Glare.
"Kareem Rahma"
SmartLess · May 11, 2026 · 1 h 1 min
The SmartLess hosts talk with Kareem Rahma about his path from Vice and The New York Times to Subway Takes and Keep the Meter Running, plus New York hot takes.