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Inkygate: Norcross sues Philadelphia Inquirer, editor Nancy Phillips for $100 million

September 17, 2026 11:55 amSeptember 17, 2026 8:28 pm

New Jersey Democratic powerbroker George E. Norcross III filed a $100 million lawsuit Thursday against The Philadelphia Inquirer and editor Nancy Phillips, accusing the newspaper and the longtime editor of its justice and injustice team of fabricating information that helped...

Inkygate: Clown show at the Inquirer gets serious

July 20, 2026 1:01 pm

When we last left the crack journalists at The Philadelphia Inquirer, they were still trying to determine how ten pages of typewritten notes written by editor Nancy Phillips somehow ended up with the N.J. state attorney general. “We do not...

Inkygate: Philadelphia Inquirer acknowledges editor’s notes reached N.J. prosecutors, but key questions remain unanswered

July 17, 2026 10:20 amJuly 17, 2026 6:29 pm

The Philadelphia Inquirer found itself reporting on its own newsroom Thursday, publicly acknowledging that confidential interview notes prepared by one of its senior editors somehow wound up in the hands of the New Jersey Attorney General’s Office during the investigation...