adminOlivia Nuzzi’s forthcoming memoir American Canto pulls back the curtain on the personal chaos that upended a once-promising Washington reporting career, including a veiled but unmistakable account of a romance with the man she once profiled. The book, out December 2, 2025, doesn’t name him directly but leaves little doubt who “the politician” is, and the excerpts being reported read less like sober journalism than a late-stage tabloid confessional.
The revelations are salacious: exchanged poems, whispered “I love you”s, and claims that the man even told Nuzzi he wanted her to have his baby. These are the sort of intimate, private details that have no business being turned into a publicity engine by a journalist who once held herself out as a guardian of public trust.
Make no mistake — Nuzzi’s account is a political and ethical mess. Her relationship with a reporting subject cost her a job at New York magazine, prompted internal reviews, and fueled a messy public split with her former partner, all while raising the unavoidable question of how reporters are allowed to slide by with conflicts of interest until the scandal breaks.
Conservatives should be furious about the double standard in elite media that produced this spectacle. For years we’ve watched the same outlets moralize about “ethics” and “integrity” while protecting their own and reshaping narratives to suit preferred political outcomes; now we learn the circle is tighter and the rules more flexible for the right people.
There’s also a public-interest angle here that can’t be ignored: the man at the center of this story isn’t just another private citizen, he’s held high office and still wields political influence. If the memoir’s claims about drug use and other conduct are true, Republicans and independents alike should demand clarity and accountability — not another round of media handwringing that stops just short of consequence.
Megyn Kelly’s show has already weighed in, and conservative audiences should take note when a mainstream figure points out what many Americans already see: the elites of our press corps are so tangled in their own vanity and relationships that their ability to report fairly is compromised. Whether you like Megyn Kelly or not, this is exactly the sort of moment that ought to lead to deeper scrutiny of newsroom practices and to a renewed push for transparency.
At the end of the day this saga is a lesson about power, privilege, and accountability. Hardworking Americans deserve media that serves the public, not memoirs that monetize impropriety and headlines that excuse it. If the establishment press insists on treating its own like an untouchable guild, conservatives must keep calling foul until standards are real and enforced.
