Critics pan Olivia Nuzzi’s memoir as her media saga widens
Up until now, I haven’t written too much about the gossipy, soap-opera scandal that has been buzzing around the media world.
It involves journalists Olivia Nuzzi and Ryan Lizza.
Let’s see if I can give you the background quickly.
The two were once in a relationship and were the talk of Washington, D.C.’s spicy political circles. Nuzzi was the wunderkind who wrote well-received, insider-type profiles at places such as Vanity Fair, New York magazine and The Daily Beast. Lizza, 18 years her senior, had a resume that included work at places such as New York, The New Yorker, CNN and Politico.
But then a year ago, their personal and professional lives blew up.
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