Bari Weiss has become an endless pop culture target for being independent, telling the truth, speaking courageously, and refusing to apologize for her Jewish and Zionist identity.
She's that Jew. Listen, we're all that Jew, the Jew that refuses to dance to the antisemitic tune. I don't know how it is that they demand we get some sort of permission slip with a stamp of their approval before we insist the free speech applies to us too.
Thank you for writing about Bari and highlighting her many achievements. I have been reading her since her NYT period and I followed her to The Free Press right after. Bari and Brett Stephen were the only two writers I ever read in the NYT. She has proven herself to be a warriorette
She is the best of us and represents and embodies what every proud Jew should be. Her parents did a wonderful job and we should raise our Jewish children like they did. We need twenty million more just like her.
Bari Weiss is an admirable journalist and I am proud to say that I have been a Free Press subscriber since near the beginning. The fact that she has added so many talented people to her team is a testament to her capability and character. Love the article.
Excellent essay, man. Twenty years ago the ascendence of a figure such as Bari would have rightly been celebrated as a celestial-scale triumph over sexism, homophobia and antisemitism. The response that is unfolding now is a testimony to the complete derangement and perversion of western values and civilization itself.
Listen up folks...the owners and operators of the legacy media are obviously aware of their utter impotence and irrelevance. So they are doing the only thing they possibly can; in a tradition as old as gold and money, they are harnessing their corporate infrastructure and leveraging their access to credit in order to buy their way back to mainstream relevance...by purchasing and alloying with the most valuable and relevant new media properties. The Free Press turned out to be...you guessed it...the most valuable and relevant new media property on offer.
Anybody who has a problem with that should stop their bitching, and get busy building themselves a viable new media property.
Bari Weiss is so courageous. I am sure she is inspiring others to follow her lead. Two thoughts. In trying to figure out how and why the NYT arrived in the state that they have become, it occurred to me that some of their writers have come out of elite, prestigious universities and we now see what kind of indoctrination they have received. Are they even taught what the real meaning of journalism is, the basic principles? The second thing I would like to say is, in reading how she was treated for being a proud Jew and Zionist, I was so sick and tired of it. So senseless, so irrational, and ultimately so unkind. Recently, I have poached from another concept and I call it Anti-Semitism/Zionism Derangement Syndrome. An obsessive, poisonous condition that rots the soul. There is no treatment short of the individual coming to realize they have been brainwashed by zealots and deciding to search out truth and facts. They could start with Israel. There is plenty to learn, the history, the accomplishments of the Jews, the very beauty of the country and its people. They would be a better person having done that.
I remember reading about her exit from the NYT and had read that she wrote a book about anti-Semitism called, 'How to Fight Anti-Semitism." It was informative, clearly written and I became a follower of her. Then when she founded the Free Press, I subscribed and like, Future of Jewish, I've never been disappointed. When she got pushback for stopping an article to be published about harsh treatment in the El Salvadoran jail, I was not surprised. MSM would be salivating to hear about the harsh treatment of illegals sent there. But because Bari is a true journalist and a woman of integrity, she asked the writer to look deeper into the research and obtain more sources to verify all that was being said. Unlike, the MSM that would have run with the story because it would fit their narrative. Thank goodness for Bari and for making sure her staff practices real journalism.
Have you ever noticed that when 60 Minutes journalists interview someone with another opinion, they interrupt the reply before the interviewee can finish a sentence?
The mainstream western media exists for two reasons: divide the country for ratings and profits and to protect powerful people from being held accountable from things they've done wrong. They've reverted back to the Gilded Age when sensationalism and yellow journalism ruled the day. The New York Times is at the forefront of this. The New York Times is pro-Democratic Party, pro-establishment, anti-Israel propaganda. Bari Weiss is NOT a conservative! She is a heterodox liberal and a proud and unapologetic Jew and Zionist. By the way, The Free Press has been critical of both parties and both the Biden and Trump administrations. Meanwhile, the mainstream media lies endlessly about the Gaza War, COVID-19, January 6th, the George Floyd Incident, Kyle Rittenhouse, Nick Sandmann, Russiagate, Ukrainegate, the Iraq, Afghanistan, Syrian, and Libyan Wars, E. Jean Carroll's false accusations of rape against Donald Trump, and many, many other big stories. Bari Weiss is absolutely fearless and cares about truth, complexity, objectivity, and integrity. She doesn't fear offending people in high places and goes after everyone on the left and everyone on the right. She also covers Israel and the Gaza War in all its nuance without unnecessarily vilifying Israel. Bari injects balance, fairness and sanity into stories that usually very divisive and overly sensationalized with emotionally and deceptively worded headlines. She left the New York Times and nuked them on the way out in one of the most important moments in journalism's recent history. She founded The Free Press as an independent news outlet and showed that unbiased journalism sells and that the western public will read it and subscribe to it. She then sold The Free Press to paramount for millions and took over as Editor-In-Chief at CBS News. This was an earthquake within the mainstream media. A reformer had found their way into the inner sanctum of western journalism and had breached the castle walls. That's why their smearing her as hard as they possibly can and woke liberal Hollywood celebrity George Clooney accused her in Variety of "destroying CBS."
Bari Weiss is hated above all because she is a loud and proud Jew and Zionist. This is why some of her co-workers hated her and badgered her work friends and why the mainstream media hates her. They don't like that she doesn't apologize or step and fetch as a Jew nor will she denounce the Jewish people's right to self-determination. Bari Weiss is 100% without shame, herself and doesn't renounce heritage or her people's right to self-determination in their ancient homeland. That is one of the many reasons I as a Christian ally of the Jewish community, love Ms. Weiss! As far as my take on her decision to pull that 60 Minutes piece, I think she was 100% right to do so. The piece should've been more comprehensive and included the perspective of Trump administration officials. Pulling the piece hours before it was due to air was a mistake that reflects poorly on their editorial process and Bari should take responsibility for that. It is also true that Bari misunderstood the Trump administration's legal argument on the deportations and that her doing against the backdrop of the Trump-Paramount relationship looks bad. All that being said, the piece was poorly done as it left several major unanswered questions and didn't meaningfully add to existing reporting on CECOT or the Trump administration's deportations. The attacks on her are most certainly a witch hunt. Bari Weiss with the work she has done has helped humanize Israel, its people, the victims of October 7th, and the families of the hostages, amplified the voices of the Israeli people and told their side of the story with sensitivity and an open heart without ignoring and having empathy for the people of Gaza. Bari Weiss deserves the Pulitzer Prize and the Presidential Medal of Freedom for her work! The state of Israel has no greater ally in the world of media than her!
She's that Jew. Listen, we're all that Jew, the Jew that refuses to dance to the antisemitic tune. I don't know how it is that they demand we get some sort of permission slip with a stamp of their approval before we insist the free speech applies to us too.
I look forward to hearing from her soon.
Thank you for writing about Bari and highlighting her many achievements. I have been reading her since her NYT period and I followed her to The Free Press right after. Bari and Brett Stephen were the only two writers I ever read in the NYT. She has proven herself to be a warriorette
I wonder how Stephen hangs on there given the atmosphere and the relentless antiZionism of today's iteration of the NY Times.
All time self own!
She is the best of us and represents and embodies what every proud Jew should be. Her parents did a wonderful job and we should raise our Jewish children like they did. We need twenty million more just like her.
I have been a Bari Weiss fan since her departure from the NYT and the founding of The Free Press which is an indispensable read
Bari gives me hope that truth, honesty and integrity can still win in this world
Bari Weiss is an admirable journalist and I am proud to say that I have been a Free Press subscriber since near the beginning. The fact that she has added so many talented people to her team is a testament to her capability and character. Love the article.
Me too!
Excellent essay, man. Twenty years ago the ascendence of a figure such as Bari would have rightly been celebrated as a celestial-scale triumph over sexism, homophobia and antisemitism. The response that is unfolding now is a testimony to the complete derangement and perversion of western values and civilization itself.
Listen up folks...the owners and operators of the legacy media are obviously aware of their utter impotence and irrelevance. So they are doing the only thing they possibly can; in a tradition as old as gold and money, they are harnessing their corporate infrastructure and leveraging their access to credit in order to buy their way back to mainstream relevance...by purchasing and alloying with the most valuable and relevant new media properties. The Free Press turned out to be...you guessed it...the most valuable and relevant new media property on offer.
Anybody who has a problem with that should stop their bitching, and get busy building themselves a viable new media property.
https://babylonbee.com/news/scandal-rocks-cbs-news-as-bari-weiss-asks-journalists-to-do-journalism
They're also a good resource for staying sane!
Bari Weiss is so courageous. I am sure she is inspiring others to follow her lead. Two thoughts. In trying to figure out how and why the NYT arrived in the state that they have become, it occurred to me that some of their writers have come out of elite, prestigious universities and we now see what kind of indoctrination they have received. Are they even taught what the real meaning of journalism is, the basic principles? The second thing I would like to say is, in reading how she was treated for being a proud Jew and Zionist, I was so sick and tired of it. So senseless, so irrational, and ultimately so unkind. Recently, I have poached from another concept and I call it Anti-Semitism/Zionism Derangement Syndrome. An obsessive, poisonous condition that rots the soul. There is no treatment short of the individual coming to realize they have been brainwashed by zealots and deciding to search out truth and facts. They could start with Israel. There is plenty to learn, the history, the accomplishments of the Jews, the very beauty of the country and its people. They would be a better person having done that.
I remember reading about her exit from the NYT and had read that she wrote a book about anti-Semitism called, 'How to Fight Anti-Semitism." It was informative, clearly written and I became a follower of her. Then when she founded the Free Press, I subscribed and like, Future of Jewish, I've never been disappointed. When she got pushback for stopping an article to be published about harsh treatment in the El Salvadoran jail, I was not surprised. MSM would be salivating to hear about the harsh treatment of illegals sent there. But because Bari is a true journalist and a woman of integrity, she asked the writer to look deeper into the research and obtain more sources to verify all that was being said. Unlike, the MSM that would have run with the story because it would fit their narrative. Thank goodness for Bari and for making sure her staff practices real journalism.
Have you ever noticed that when 60 Minutes journalists interview someone with another opinion, they interrupt the reply before the interviewee can finish a sentence?
Waiting for CBS to address the Somali fraudsters in MN.
They have. I saw clips on YouTube from a CBS affiliate in MN.
https://babylonbee.com/news/scandal-rocks-cbs-news-as-bari-weiss-asks-journalists-to-do-journalism
She’s the best !!!!!
I love seeing the on-line Jew haters seething about how Bari is "unqualified". Dumbest people on the planet.
The mainstream western media exists for two reasons: divide the country for ratings and profits and to protect powerful people from being held accountable from things they've done wrong. They've reverted back to the Gilded Age when sensationalism and yellow journalism ruled the day. The New York Times is at the forefront of this. The New York Times is pro-Democratic Party, pro-establishment, anti-Israel propaganda. Bari Weiss is NOT a conservative! She is a heterodox liberal and a proud and unapologetic Jew and Zionist. By the way, The Free Press has been critical of both parties and both the Biden and Trump administrations. Meanwhile, the mainstream media lies endlessly about the Gaza War, COVID-19, January 6th, the George Floyd Incident, Kyle Rittenhouse, Nick Sandmann, Russiagate, Ukrainegate, the Iraq, Afghanistan, Syrian, and Libyan Wars, E. Jean Carroll's false accusations of rape against Donald Trump, and many, many other big stories. Bari Weiss is absolutely fearless and cares about truth, complexity, objectivity, and integrity. She doesn't fear offending people in high places and goes after everyone on the left and everyone on the right. She also covers Israel and the Gaza War in all its nuance without unnecessarily vilifying Israel. Bari injects balance, fairness and sanity into stories that usually very divisive and overly sensationalized with emotionally and deceptively worded headlines. She left the New York Times and nuked them on the way out in one of the most important moments in journalism's recent history. She founded The Free Press as an independent news outlet and showed that unbiased journalism sells and that the western public will read it and subscribe to it. She then sold The Free Press to paramount for millions and took over as Editor-In-Chief at CBS News. This was an earthquake within the mainstream media. A reformer had found their way into the inner sanctum of western journalism and had breached the castle walls. That's why their smearing her as hard as they possibly can and woke liberal Hollywood celebrity George Clooney accused her in Variety of "destroying CBS."
Bari Weiss is hated above all because she is a loud and proud Jew and Zionist. This is why some of her co-workers hated her and badgered her work friends and why the mainstream media hates her. They don't like that she doesn't apologize or step and fetch as a Jew nor will she denounce the Jewish people's right to self-determination. Bari Weiss is 100% without shame, herself and doesn't renounce heritage or her people's right to self-determination in their ancient homeland. That is one of the many reasons I as a Christian ally of the Jewish community, love Ms. Weiss! As far as my take on her decision to pull that 60 Minutes piece, I think she was 100% right to do so. The piece should've been more comprehensive and included the perspective of Trump administration officials. Pulling the piece hours before it was due to air was a mistake that reflects poorly on their editorial process and Bari should take responsibility for that. It is also true that Bari misunderstood the Trump administration's legal argument on the deportations and that her doing against the backdrop of the Trump-Paramount relationship looks bad. All that being said, the piece was poorly done as it left several major unanswered questions and didn't meaningfully add to existing reporting on CECOT or the Trump administration's deportations. The attacks on her are most certainly a witch hunt. Bari Weiss with the work she has done has helped humanize Israel, its people, the victims of October 7th, and the families of the hostages, amplified the voices of the Israeli people and told their side of the story with sensitivity and an open heart without ignoring and having empathy for the people of Gaza. Bari Weiss deserves the Pulitzer Prize and the Presidential Medal of Freedom for her work! The state of Israel has no greater ally in the world of media than her!
Anyone who is on the wrong side of George Clooney is on the right side with me
Great article. I have followed Bari since she left NYT. She has done an amazing job!!
She has Ed Murrow's old job so she's doing OK.