The New York Times published a story on May 14, 1970, titled 'Witness Presents Pornography Commissioner with a Pie in the Face.'
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The Briefing with Jen PsakiSep 24, 2026
The New York Times sitemap for May 14, 1970 lists an article titled 'Witness Presents Pornography Commissioner With a Pie (in the Face)', matching the claimed headline apart from minor punctuation.
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… To really understand what is at stake here, to really understand just how much the president is trying to undo, because this is definitely not a one-off, I want to start tonight with a story that appeared in The New York Times on May 14th, 1970, and here's the headline: "Witness Presents Pornography Commissioner with a Pie in the Face." I know, I know, but stay with me here. I promise you. Here's more from that particular story, a direct quote from that story: "The last day of public hearings by the Commission on Obscenity and Pornography was disrupted today when a radical witness dumped a …
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Supports. The NYT's own 1970 May 14 sitemap lists 'Witness Presents Pornography Commissioner With a Pie (in the Face)' among its articles, matching the claimed headline except for punctuation.[2]
Supports. High Times reports the Times ran the story the next morning after the May 13 hearing, which places publication on May 14, 1970.[3]
Supports. A Daily Reflector edition dated May 14, 1970 carries an AP report of the pie-throwing incident at the Obscenity Commission hearing, independently confirming the underlying event at that time.[1]
Context. A Wikipedia reference attributes the same NYT article to May 13, 1970, a one-day discrepancy with the claimed date; the NYT index and the High Times account favor May 14.[4]
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4 sources: 1 primary, 1 tier 2, 2 not rated
- 1Daily Reflector, May 14, 1970 - ECU Digital Collectionsdigital.lib.ecu.edu · primary source · cited for: supports
- 2Site Map - May 14, 1970nytimes.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports
- 3The Case That Just Blocked Trump's Press Ban Started With High Times' Founder and a Piehightimes.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 4Tom Forçade - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org · not rated · cited for: context
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