Overview
- The New York Times confirmed on Monday, June 15, 2026 that Times Opinion editors are reviewing multiple Nicholas Kristof columns after reporting showed he wrote about people who had donated to his failed 2022 Oregon gubernatorial bid.
- Semafor’s reporting identified at least a dozen columns that omitted disclosure of donor ties, naming contributors such as Bill Gates, Melinda French Gates and Abigail Disney who gave to Kristof’s campaign.
- When Kristof returned to the paper in 2022 the Times said he would either avoid writing about campaign supporters or disclose those relationships, a policy the current review is testing against past work.
- The disclosure probe comes while the paper continues to defend Kristof’s May 11 opinion alleging sexual violence against Palestinians, a column that Israeli officials have publicly disputed and have threatened to sue over.
- Editors are weighing reader clarifications that could change how past opinion pieces are presented and may prompt wider questions about newsroom disclosure rules, sourcing and the handling of campaign funds moved into a post‑campaign PAC.