New York Daily News

It’s Gray Lady vs. fake lady

- Stephen Rex Brown

SHE’S FAKE NEWS!

The New York Times sued a Queens woman Thursday, saying she posed as one of its reporters for at least two years.

Contessa Bourbon identified herself as a reporter for the Gray Lady in May 2015, asking questions during a Brookings Institutio­n event and interviewi­ng the Turkish ambassador, the lawsuit charges. She questioned Education Secretary Betsy DeVos under the guise of The Times in May — and even has a bogus business card, court papers say.

Bourbon describes herself on Twitter as “Journalist for the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, London Times, Guardian, Washington Post: Queen of BARCELONA.”

The court filing says Bourbon never worked for The Times, which seeks an order preventing her from posing as one of its reporters.

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