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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Bruce Golding

‘I won’t be lectured by a child’: Columnist tees off on NY Post reporter in heated CNN exchange over Clayton

A former New York Times opinion columnist mocked the age of a younger reporter and declared that he "won't be lectured by a child" during a televised dustup over a Senate confirmation hearing Wednesday.

Charles Blow, 55, delivered the insult during a heated exchange with New York Post financial correspondent Lydia Moynihan, 31, as they debated the performance of Jay Clayton, President Donald Trump's nominee to be the next director of national intelligence.

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