Laura Ingraham, Howard Kurtz Criticize Ronan Farrow For Legitimizing Kavanaugh Allegation With TV Appearance

On Friday night, Laura Ingraham and Howard Kurtz took Ronan Farrow to task for his coverage of the misconduct allegation made against Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh.

Farrow broke the story of the contents of the letter that was obtained by Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) in July from a woman who alleged that Kavanaugh attempted to sexually assault her while drunk at a party in high school, something Kavanaugh has vehemently denied. It wasn’t until this week that Feinstein sent the letter by the accuser, who remains anonymous, to federal investigators.

Ingraham noted how Farrow went on TV after he obtained a copy of that letter.

“He’s won the Pulitzer Prize. He has a lot of credibility in reporting these issues- obviously Weinstein, what NBC did to stop that story, and other cases like it,” Ingraham said. “But I was kind of surprised he decided to kind of like go on television to talk about this given how thin and how old and how uncorroborated this particular allegation is.”

Kurtz acknowledged how most of the media was “sort of cautious” in its reporting of the Kavanaugh allegation given that it had the “earmarks” of a “late hit.” And because Farrow has such credibility behind his #MeToo reporting, Kurtz believed he “sort of” gave the rest of the media “cover,” noting that Farrow didn’t interview the accuser.

“I admire his reporting, but I think it’s fair to point out that he worked for the Obama State Department,” the media analyst told Ingraham.

Ingraham said Farrow took “a little gift wrapped up from Dianne Feinstein” and told everyone else in the media they’re “clear” to talk about the allegation.

“Women who have been victimized should see this for what it is: a pure political attack- late hit, on a great man,” Ingraham said.

Kurtz cautioned the media that they need to be “extraordinarily careful” of not being used “in an 11th hour smear.”

Watch the clip above, via Fox News.