Jeff Gerth is an American former investigative reporter for The New York Times who has written lengthy, probing stories that drew both praise and criticism.
Gerth attended Shaker Heights High School in Ohio in the 1960s, where he was a member of the Junior Council on World Affairs and captain of the golf team.
[3] In March 1992, Gerth revealed that beginning in 1978, while Bill Clinton was Arkansas attorney general, he and his wife Hillary were partners in an Ozark real estate deal with James B. McDougal.
[2] Gerth's reporting was criticized by liberal columnist Gene Lyons for "not particularly fair or balanced stories that combine a prosecutorial bias and the art of tactical omission.
[2] From April to December 1998, Gerth and others at The New York Times covered, or uncovered, "the corporate sale of American technology to China, with U.S. government approval despite national security risks, prompting investigations and significant changes in policy".
[1] On March 6, 1999, Gerth reported that an unidentified Chinese American, later identified as Wen Ho Lee, stole secrets for U.S. nuclear bombs.
[11][12][13][14] Some journalists pushed back against Gerth's assertions, among them David Corn,[15] Joe Conason,[16] Jonathan Chait,[17] Rachel Maddow,[18] Cathy Young,[19] Dan Kennedy,[20] and Duncan Campbell.
[21] Andrew Prokop mentioned Gerth's series and grouped him together with other journalists that he labeled "Trump-Russia revisionists" including Matt Taibbi and Glenn Greenwald.