New Sony leaks suggest New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd previewed a column she was writing about Sony Pictures chief Amy Pascal to Pascal’s husband Bernard Weinraub–a former Times reporter– before it was published, but Dowd denied to TheWrap that she had done so.
According to Buzzfeed which got hold of the emails, Dowd was writing a column, “Frozen in a Niche?” published on March 4 of this year, quoting Pascal while criticizing Oscar voters for being mostly white, male and middle-aged.
The emails between Pascal and her husband, former Times Hollywood correspondent Weinraub, show that Dowd allowed him to see the column in advance – a breach of New York Times policy.