NYT Reporter tells O’Keefe he “Absolutely” stands by comments made on undercover video

Pulitzer Prize Winning New York Times Reporter: January 6 Media Coverage ‘Overreaction,’ FBI Involved, Event Was Not Organized Despite Ongoing Narrative

• NYT National Security Correspondent, Matthew Rosenberg, contradicts his own January 6 reporting: “There were a ton of FBI informants among the people who attacked the Capitol.”
• Rosenberg: “It was like, me and two other colleagues who were there [January 6] outside and we were just having fun!”
• Rosenberg: “I know I’m supposed to be traumatized, but like, all these colleagues who were in the [Capitol] building and are like ‘Oh my God it was so scary!’ I’m like, ‘f*ck off!’”
• Rosenberg: “I’m like come on, it’s not the kind place I can tell someone to man up but I kind of want to be like, ‘dude come on, you were not in any danger.’”
• Rosenberg: “These f*cking little dweebs who keep going on about their trauma. Shut the f*ck up. They’re f*cking b*tches.”
• Rosenberg: “They [media] were making too big a deal. They were making this an organized thing that it wasn’t.”
• Rosenberg RESPONDS: “Will I stand by those comments? Absolutely.”

[NEW YORK – Mar. 8, 2022] Project Veritas published a bombshell video on Tuesday showing Pulitzer Prize winning New York Times correspondent, Matthew Rosenberg, speaking about the events of January 6, 2021, in a way that contradicts his own reporting.

Rosenberg, who covers national security matters for the Times, says on the undercover video that “there were a ton of FBI informants among the people who attacked the Capitol.”

This revelation is a break from Rosenberg’s reporting on the matter where he characterized such a notion of FBI informants in the crowd as a “reimagining of Jan. 6.”

This was not the only time Rosenberg’s commentary to Project Veritas’ undercover reporter directly contradicted his own published words. Despite telling a Veritas journalist that January 6 was “no big deal,” his article says that downplaying the events of that day was “the next big lie.”

Soundbites of Rosenberg published Tuesday show him saying, “They [media] were making too big a deal. They were making this an organized thing that it wasn’t.”

Project Veritas founder and CEO James O’Keefe revealed that Rosenberg’s article titled, “The Next Big Lies: Jan 6 was No Big Deal, or A Left-Wing Plot,” was written around the same time as he was making contradictory statements to a Project Veritas undercover reporter.

In the video, Rosenberg also revealed that January 6 was “fun,” a contradiction to his reporting that January 6 was “a violent interruption to the transition of power in American history.”

Rosenberg said, “It was like, me and two other colleagues who were there outside and we were just having fun.”

He even appears to make fun of his New York Times colleagues in one soundbite saying, “I know I’m supposed to be traumatized, but like, all these colleagues who were in the [Capitol] building, and are like, ‘Oh my God it was so scary!’ I’m like, ‘f*ck off!’” He adds, “I’m like come on, it’s not the kind place I can tell someone to man up but I kind of want to be like, ‘dude come on, you were not in any danger.’”

Rosenberg concludes, “These f*cking little dweebs who keep going on about their trauma. Shut the f*ck up. They’re f*cking b*tches.”

[spaceghost]

How many innocent people are being held as political prisoners because of this 1-6 lie.

[silvio]

Journalists that don't like to be questioned the IRONY

[MatthewLoom]

This guy doesn't realise it, but he answered every one of James' questions honestly.

[jessiealvey]

"I'm going to go this way."
James: "I'm gonna go with you."
Thanks PV for boots on the ground journalism and going out to find the real news instead of being fed from the top down corporate media types...

[binkydenniston]

Keep doing what you are doing James....keep exposing the corruption and calling these evil losers out.

[bucks_bees]

This is what real journalism looks like, and I’m here for it. Excellent job, Project Veritas/James!

[ubermalice]

Just goes to show: "Character" is the person you are when there are no witnesses. Project Veritas is making real journalism a respectable endeavor and I can't begin to thank them enough. Keep up the phenomenal work.

[nortonyatzee]

Yet the NYT does actual hit pieces on people. Please keep doing this James O'Keefe.

[melanieenmats]

Rosenberg was actually surprisingly honest. He was almost saying "I'd like to talk to you, but they will lynch me at my job if you do".

[SteveJ]

Anybody studying to become an investigative journalist should hold Mr. O'Keefe as their hero.

[lucius]

It's so fucked we live in a world where these guys are the only ones actually doing any real jounalism anymore
Keep it up @ProjectVeritas

[bryanciacco]

How is it a hit piece when it's literally just a video quoting exactly what HE said word for word! These people are outrageous!

[DavidMiller-ycol]

Project Veritas will be remembered as Legends in American history.

[BarredCoast]

This guy seems like he's afraid he's going to lose his job if he tells the truth? Thanks Mr. O'Keefe for exposing these scum bags. Kudos to you sir!

[larzblast]

At the expense of rounding like a broken record, THIS is real journalism.

It's a shame folks like Rosenberg here will never learn what it means to have any integrity in the same craft.

[CCmagee]

James is one of the greatest all time journalists. He should get many awards.

[lookintothelightcarolanne]

Gosh I love this man. James O’Keefe is one bad ass journalist. He’s not a liar, unlike 96% of what we see and hear.

[VivaFrei]

“It’s a pleasure to meet you”
“It’s a pleasure to meet you too.

I’m gonna go with you”

Classic!

[paratrooper]

You’re doing a hit piece on me by showing people what I actually think instead of the curated bs the media pushes

[sky]

Remember when real reporters used to do this regularly? Great job, JAMES!