"The problem was: I had never given an interview to The Times. Yet here was a screenshot of the article along with a quote from "me" claiming that Mamdani's platform "doesn't add up." That's the opposite of what I believe and have said dozens of times publicly, including on national television and in this magazine. Yet, here was a major international media outlet, one of the most famous and oldest newspapers in the world, publishing a story stating that I had suddenly reversed myself."
"A few hours after the Times article went live, I received a plaintive text from the writer of the piece, Bevan Hurley. As I prepared to call him, I stopped to wonder how I could confirm that he was an actual reporter and not someone mischievously trying to compound the fakery. The speed with which The Times ' apology appeared after that conversation suggests he was the real thing."
Shortly before 5 pm, a New York Post reporter sought comment about an alleged interview with The Times of London concerning Zohran Mamdani. The narrator had never given such an interview, yet a screenshot showed a fabricated quote attributed to them claiming that Mamdani's platform "doesn't add up," contradicting longstanding public statements. The narrator publicly called the story a fabrication and demanded removal, receiving no immediate response. Hours later, Times reporter Bevan Hurley apologized, explaining that he had conducted the exchange by e-mail after failing to locate other contact information and had not verified identity by phone or video.
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