"Miller exclaimed. I know! And she had already been telling people, Swisher said of Nuzzi. It was getting out, right? There were too many people who were starting to know. Swisher said one person read her one of those weird poems. And there were pictures, too, she added. So then I went to work and started figuring it out, Swisher said. I just figured it out. That's all."
"Because ethically, how could he cover RFK when he's sexting with his fiancee? I was like, You can't. It's such a bad situation,' Swisher continued. And I was hoping he could convince her to do it, and she wouldn't. And so, I only told one person, David HaskellI said you need to look into this. I think it's true, but you need to find out. Because it's a problem for readers most of all, it's a problem for ethics, it's every violation."
"She thought it was Ryan, Swisher said of Nuzzi's fiance at the time, Ryan Lizza. It was not Ryan. It just wasn't. Swisher continued: It was just so f*ckin' random. Someone from tech said, Oh, I saw these texts.' RFK was showing them off to some tech people, and they called me. They were like, Can you believe this? And it was a reporter from your magazine.' I don't really write for New York Magazine, but obviously Pivot's affiliated with it."
Tech contacts alerted Kara Swisher after seeing texts and photos of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. exchanging messages with journalist Olivia Nuzzi. The initial assumption linked the messages to Nuzzi's then-fiancé, Ryan Lizza, but the messages involved RFK Jr. Swisher urged Lizza to inform New York Magazine because his relationship with Nuzzi would create an ethical conflict for his coverage of RFK Jr. Swisher encouraged David Haskell to investigate and confirm the reports. The materials included poems and pictures that circulated among acquaintances. Swisher expressed frustration that RFK Jr. had not faced consequences for prior reported behavior toward women.
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