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The Rush Hour With Dave Neal

Bonus Weekend Rush! Another New York Times Hit Piece Against Justin Baldoni - Breaking Down How They Got It Wrong

The Rush Hour With Dave Neal

Dave Neal

Relationships, Society & Culture

4.51.7K Ratings

🗓️ 8 March 2026

⏱️ 32 minutes

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  • A brand new New York Times article drops on the Blake Lively vs. Justin Baldoni saga

  • We break down the latest "hit piece" and where the reporting falls apart

  • Key details and context the article leaves out

  • Why the narrative around Baldoni and Wayfarer keeps shifting

  • Media framing vs. what's actually happening behind the scenes

  • What this means for the ongoing legal battle and public perception

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to the rush hour, your daily dose of pop culture for your rush hour ride.

0:07.7

Buckle up and enjoy the drive with your host, stand-up comedian Dave Neal.

0:13.6

Hey folks, it's Dave Neal here with a bonus episode of the Rush Hour podcast.

0:17.6

Coming to you from my mobile studio setup.

0:19.8

Not a bad gig over here, right? I've got all the

0:22.6

updates on the Justin Baldoni versus Blake Lively Universe. A new hit piece came out from the New York

0:28.0

Times. Now on its surface, it looks credible, but of course we know the New York Times was the

0:33.7

magazine, the newspaper that broke the whole initial story where Blake was the damsel in distress.

0:40.1

What came out afterwards was Baldoni sharing his side of the story.

0:44.3

Rather than provide more nuance, they double down.

0:47.8

And I'm going to share really great work by the internet.

0:51.0

I mean, the internet just doesn't get it wrong, right?

0:53.4

I mean, sometimes they do. But we've got great work and what they've had to say about this hit piece. I'm going to read it

0:59.2

for you and share some of those notes put online. Here's a great comment that's going to sum up

1:04.4

what we have coming up. The New York Times failed to address the many SH incidents. They

1:10.0

published that have now disappeared. They failed to acknowledge

1:13.1

that many of Blake's allegations have disappeared and or have changed. The central dance video

1:18.4

allegations have now changed after Blake found out there was indeed audio. New York Times also failed

1:23.5

to mention many of Justin's arguments, including Blake lively improvising, kissing him on the

1:28.3

lips unscripted before the dance scene was ever filmed. Megan Toohey said she reviewed thousands of

1:35.0

pages of evidence, including Justin repeatedly barging into Blake's dressing room while she was

1:40.3

undressed in breastfeeding. Well, where is the evidence you've reviewed New York Times?

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