A 1995 article in New York magazine suggested there was a relationship but offered no proof. In 1997, during the mayor's reelection campaign, articles in the Los Angeles Times and Vanity Fair magazine took the New York press to task for not reporting on widespread rumors about the alleged difficulties in the Giuliani marriage. Vanity Fair alleged that the Giuliani-Lategano rumor was true, although reporting by the New York Daily News contradicted key points in the magazine's story. By the time Giuliani was reelected to a second term in 1997, no journalist had published credible information confirming any affair. While investigating a rumored relationship with a public employee is justifiable, no evidence supported any published allegation.
Coverage based on public denials of unsubstantiated stories is unfair.