Remember when New York Times reporter, Matthew Rosenberg, made the following statements about his colleagues?

These fcking little dweebs who keep going on about their [Jan. 6] trauma. Shut the fck up. They’re fcking btches.

I don’t know if they wrote about their [Jan. 6] trauma. This chick named Emily Cochrane and this guy named Nick Fandos…They’re both in their twenties, fukin' btches.

He [NYT reporter Adam Goldman] is a terrible writer…He's just not good at conceptualizing things. He's not good with words. It’s a skill. It's a hard one.

Rosenberg on the NYT’s ongoing lawsuit with Project Veritas: “James O’Keefe, that was a f*ck up. We [NYT] may well lose that one.”

Rosenberg contradicts his own January 6 reporting: “There were a ton of FBI informants among the people who attacked the Capitol.”

It seems like New York Times’ executive editor, Dean Baquet, isn’t pleased with Rosenberg’s statements:

From Politico’s Rachael Bade:

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THE NYT’S PROJECT VERITAS QUAGMIRE — At a Thursday lunch in the New York Times Washington bureau, upset reporters pressed executive editor DEAN BAQUET about a recent sting operation targeting national security reporter MATTHEW ROSENBERG, according to two people present.

Project Veritas, a group that has singled out journalists and Democrats in undercover operations, posted a pair of videos this week showing Rosenberg divulging details about sensitive newsroom dynamics and disparaging his colleagues. Rosenberg suggested that the media was overhyping the siege on the Capitol on Jan. 6, scoffing at colleagues who were there that day who said they were traumatized, and blasted what he called left-leaning younger Times reporters wrapped up in a “woke” culture influencing coverage.

The videos immediately caused tensions to flare among Times staff, according to more than a half-dozen reporters who were granted anonymity to speak candidly. During the Thursday lunch, multiple reporters said they were upset about Rosenberg dissing their own coverage and badmouthing his coworkers.

Baquet, the Times staffers told us, responded by criticizing Rosenberg for being careless and stupid. But he said that Project Veritas is trying to “make our heads explode” and divide the Times, and that they should not play into the group’s hands.

The Times comms staff declined to comment, and Rosenberg did not respond to requests for comment. But as WaPo’s Jeremy Barr tweeted last night, Baquet has blasted Project Veritas before. In 2017, he chided the group for ensnaring a junior-level employee. While the reporter said “really stupid stuff,” Baquet said at the time, he pinned most of the blame on Project Veritas.

“The greater sin wasn’t his, it was theirs,” he said. “They’re just awful.”

Those comments reflect the mixed feelings over the current situation among many reporters at the Times. While some reporters told us that management needs to address this issue or even want to see Rosenberg punished, there’s deep concern about fueling Project Veritas’ work.

The group has used hidden cameras and/or false identities in an attempt to catch members of the media or Democrats saying embarrassing things. It has recently singled out New York Times reporters who have written about the group’s tactics as well as an ongoing Justice Department investigation over how the group obtained Biden’s daughter ASHLEY’s diary.

Those reporters include ADAM GOLDMAN, MICHAEL SCHMIDT and MARK MAZZETTI.

Project Veritas has also sued the New York Times for defamation.

Many at the Times — even those unhappy with Rosenberg — view the latest Project Veritas hit as an attempt at intimidation. And they’re loath to be seen as reacting to such tactics, which they say have crossed a line into harassment.

Complicating the situation further, the group in the past has released videos that were later found to be selectively edited or misleading. That has led some at the Times to want to give Rosenberg the benefit of the doubt.

When will Baquet address this situation publicly? Why hasn’t he done so already?

Stay Tuned…

James