What was the role of Bob Woodward, The Washington Post, or The New Yorker in reporting Ford’s allegations?

1. Who is Bob Woodward and how he figures in contemporary claims

Bob Woodward is a veteran Washington Post reporter with a long record on presidential reporting and famous investigations dating to Watergate; recent coverage notes him denying statements attributed to him by Rep. James Comer about Joe Biden, calling Comer’s attributions “false” and saying he “made none of those statements” ^[1]. Reporting about Woodward’s other projects (books and taped interviews) shows he remains a prominent national journalist, but the sources here do not connect Woodward directly to Christine Blasey Ford’s Kavanaugh allegation beyond general institutional context ^{[4] [5]}.

2. The Washington Post’s role in Christine Blasey Ford’s story

The Washington Post published the reporting that made Christine Blasey Ford’s allegation against Brett Kavanaugh public; Ford contacted the Post before going public and later testified to the Senate Judiciary Committee — the Post also received corroborating materials from Ford, including a polygraph and therapist notes that she shared with the paper ^[2]. That establishes the Post as the principal mainstream outlet that broke the named accuser’s identity and carried detailed corroborating documentation in 2018 ^[2].

3. The New Yorker’s early handling of the confidential letter

The New Yorker reported the contents of a confidential letter about an allegation against Kavanaugh but did so without revealing the accuser’s identity initially, according to contemporaneous reporting; that account contributed to national awareness before Ford’s identity was public ^[3]. This demonstrates differing editorial choices: The New Yorker published the allegation’s details under confidentiality, while The Washington Post became the venue through which Ford ultimately went public ^{[3] [2]}.

4. Distinguishing which “Ford” matters in coverage

The archive results mix multiple people named “Ford” — Christine Blasey Ford (the Kavanaugh accuser), Gerald Ford (the 1970s president), and corporate or political Fords (e.g., Rob or Doug Ford, Ford Motor Co.). Sources show The Washington Post and Woodward have covered Gerald Ford topics historically, and other outlets covered allegations about Rob Ford and corporate Ford matters; make no assumption that a single reporting pattern applies to all ^{[6] [7] [2] [8]}. Available sources do not mention a conflation of those roles in reporting; the record treats each “Ford” distinctly.

5. Competing perspectives and disputes in the record

Coverage includes explicit disputes: Woodward forcefully denied Comer’s claims about his comments on Biden, saying the statements in Comer’s book are false ^[1]. For the Kavanaugh matter, Republicans contested the timing and motives of allegations while Ford and her legal team provided sworn affidavits and documentation to the Post and the Senate — the reporting therefore sat amid political contestation and partisan response ^{[1] [2]}. Sources show those disagreements; they do not resolve who is “right,” only that the outlets reported and individuals disputed the facts ^{[1] [2]}.

6. Limitations, gaps and what the sources do not say

Available sources do not provide a single narrative tying Woodward, The Washington Post and The New Yorker to one coordinated role in “reporting Ford’s allegations”; instead they show separate, case-specific actions: Woodward’s denial of Comer’s attributions ^[1], the Post’s role in publishing Christine Blasey Ford’s account and supporting materials ^[2], and The New Yorker’s earlier reporting of a confidential letter ^[3]. The record here does not mention Woodward investigating Christine Blasey Ford’s allegation, nor does it show The New Yorker or Woodward being the primary outlet that made Ford’s identity public ^{[1] [2] [3]}.

7. Bottom line for readers

If your question concerns Christine Blasey Ford and the Kavanaugh allegations, The Washington Post was the principal outlet that published her account and documents, and The New Yorker previously reported the confidential letter without naming her ^{[2] [3]}. If your question concerns Bob Woodward’s involvement in separate political controversies, Woodward has publicly denied attributions in a Republican congressman’s book and remains a prominent Post reporter — but the sources do not link him to reporting on Christine Blasey Ford’s allegations ^{[1] [4]}.