New York Post Reporter Suspended After Accusing Editor of Killing Story About Trump Nominee [View all]
Source: MEDIAite
May 28th, 2025, 1:12 am
A 16-year veteran reporter at the New York Post was suspended from the newspaper this week after he accused editor-in-chief Keith Poole of killing his story about one of President Donald Trump’s nominees. Reporter Josh Kosman was reportedly pursuing a story on Trump’s nominee to lead the Drug Enforcement Agency, Terry Cole, when he was informed his article had been “spiked” by Poole, according to the Breaker newsletter.
After his article kept getting delayed for publication, Kosman reportedly received an email from the New York Post’s political editor saying, “There’s no good way to say this, so I’ll just say it: KP [Keith Poole] spiked the story.” The email continued, “I sent him the most recent copy and his response was ‘Nope. Not running this’ in a way that made clear there was no changing his mind… I’m very sorry. I thought we had the story… but sometimes decisions are made above my pay grade.”
Just two weeks later, Kosman was told by the New York Post’s business editor that he would “either have to submit to a performance improvement plan, or take some time to seek another job,” Breaker co-founder Lachlan Cartwright reported. Kosman was then suspended from the newspaper with pay on Tuesday after Breaker reached out to the Post for comment.
“Unfortunately when Keith takes actions like this you are catching and killing a story,” Kosman told Breaker. “Then two weeks later you’re telling me to get out. I certainly interpreted it as retaliation. The timing struck me as not coincidental.” A spokesperson for the New York Post denied Kosman’s claims in a statement to Breaker.
Read more: https://www.mediaite.com/politics/new-york-post-reporter-suspended-after-accusing-editor-of-killing-story-about-trump-nominee/
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