Amazing the number of links that require a subscription that people will put up.
Link to the resignation letter. Read or not at your discretion.
https://www.bariweiss.com/resignation-letter
Dear A.G.,
It is with sadness that I write to tell you that I am resigning from The New York Times.
I joined the paper with gratitude and optimism three years ago. I was hired with the goal of bringing in voices that would not otherwise appear in your pages: first-time writers, centrists, conservatives and others who would not naturally think of The Times as their home. The reason for this effort was clear: The paper’s failure to anticipate the outcome of the 2016 election meant that it didn’t have a firm grasp of the country it covers. Dean Baquet and others have admitted as much on various occasions. The priority in Opinion was to help redress that critical shortcoming.
I was honored to be part of that effort, led by James Bennet. I am proud of my work as a writer and as an editor. Among those I helped bring to our pages: the Venezuelan dissident Wuilly Arteaga; the Iranian chess champion Dorsa Derakhshani; and the Hong Kong Christian democrat Derek Lam. Also: Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Masih Alinejad, Zaina Arafat, Elna Baker, Rachael Denhollander, Matti Friedman, Nick Gillespie, Heather Heying, Randall Kennedy, Julius Krein, Monica Lewinsky, Glenn Loury, Jesse Singal, Ali Soufan, Chloe Valdary, Thomas Chatterton Williams, Wesley Yang, and many others.
But the lessons that ought to have followed the election—lessons about the importance of understanding other Americans, the necessity of resisting tribalism, and the centrality of the free exchange of ideas to a democratic society—have not been learned. Instead, a new consensus has emerged in the press, but perhaps especially at this paper: that truth isn’t a process of collective discovery, but an orthodoxy already known to an enlightened few whose job is to inform everyone else.
Twitter is not on the masthead of The New York Times. But Twitter has become its ultimate editor. As the ethics and mores of that platform have become those of the paper, the paper itself has increasingly become a kind of performance space. Stories are chosen and told in a way to satisfy the narrowest of audiences, rather than to allow a curious public to read about the world and then draw their own conclusions. I was always taught that journalists were charged with writing the first rough draft of history. Now, history itself is one more ephemeral thing molded to fit the needs of a predetermined narrative.
My own forays into Wrongthink have made me the subject of constant bullying by colleagues who disagree with my views. They have called me a Nazi and a racist; I have learned to brush off comments about how I’m “writing about the Jews again.” Several colleagues perceived to be friendly with me were badgered by coworkers. My work and my character are openly demeaned on company-wide Slack channels where masthead editors regularly weigh in. There, some coworkers insist I need to be rooted out if this company is to be a truly “inclusive” one, while others post ax emojis next to my name. Still other New York Times employees publicly smear me as a liar and a bigot on Twitter with no fear that harassing me will be met with appropriate action. They never are.
There are terms for all of this: unlawful discrimination, hostile work environment, and constructive discharge. I’m no legal expert. But I know that this is wrong.
I do not understand how you have allowed this kind of behavior to go on inside your company in full view of the paper’s entire staff and the public. And I certainly can’t square how you and other Times leaders have stood by while simultaneously praising me in private for my courage. Showing up for work as a centrist at an American newspaper should not require bravery.
Part of me wishes I could say that my experience was unique. But the truth is that intellectual curiosity—let alone risk-taking—is now a liability at The Times. Why edit something challenging to our readers, or write something bold only to go through the numbing process of making it ideologically kosher, when we can assure ourselves of job security (and clicks) by publishing our 4000th op-ed arguing that Donald Trump is a unique danger to the country and the world? And so self-censorship has become the norm.
What rules that remain at The Times are applied with extreme selectivity. If a person’s ideology is in keeping with the new orthodoxy, they and their work remain unscrutinized. Everyone else lives in fear of the digital thunderdome. Online venom is excused so long as it is directed at the proper targets.
Op-eds that would have easily been published just two years ago would now get an editor or a writer in serious trouble, if not fired. If a piece is perceived as likely to inspire backlash internally or on social media, the editor or writer avoids pitching it. If she feels strongly enough to suggest it, she is quickly steered to safer ground. And if, every now and then, she succeeds in getting a piece published that does not explicitly promote progressive causes, it happens only after every line is carefully massaged, negotiated and caveated.
It took the paper two days and two jobs to say that the Tom Cotton op-ed “fell short of our standards.” We attached an editor’s note on a travel story about Jaffa shortly after it was published because it “failed to touch on important aspects of Jaffa’s makeup and its history.” But there is still none appended to Cheryl Strayed’s fawning interview with the writer Alice Walker, a proud anti-Semite who believes in lizard Illuminati.
The paper of record is, more and more, the record of those living in a distant galaxy, one whose concerns are profoundly removed from the lives of most people. This is a galaxy in which, to choose just a few recent examples, the Soviet space program is lauded for its “diversity”; the doxxing of teenagers in the name of justice is condoned; and the worst caste systems in human history includes the United States alongside Nazi Germany.
Even now, I am confident that most people at The Times do not hold these views. Yet they are cowed by those who do. Why? Perhaps because they believe the ultimate goal is righteous. Perhaps because they believe that they will be granted protection if they nod along as the coin of our realm—language—is degraded in service to an ever-shifting laundry list of right causes. Perhaps because there are millions of unemployed people in this country and they feel lucky to have a job in a contracting industry.
Or perhaps it is because they know that, nowadays, standing up for principle at the paper does not win plaudits. It puts a target on your back. Too wise to post on Slack, they write to me privately about the “new McCarthyism” that has taken root at the paper of record.
All this bodes ill, especially for independent-minded young writers and editors paying close attention to what they’ll have to do to advance in their careers. Rule One: Speak your mind at your own peril. Rule Two: Never risk commissioning a story that goes against the narrative. Rule Three: Never believe an editor or publisher who urges you to go against the grain. Eventually, the publisher will cave to the mob, the editor will get fired or reassigned, and you’ll be hung out to dry.
For these young writers and editors, there is one consolation. As places like The Times and other once-great journalistic institutions betray their standards and lose sight of their principles, Americans still hunger for news that is accurate, opinions that are vital, and debate that is sincere. I hear from these people every day. “An independent press is not a liberal ideal or a progressive ideal or a democratic ideal. It’s an American ideal,” you said a few years ago. I couldn’t agree more. America is a great country that deserves a great newspaper.
None of this means that some of the most talented journalists in the world don’t still labor for this newspaper. They do, which is what makes the illiberal environment especially heartbreaking. I will be, as ever, a dedicated reader of their work. But I can no longer do the work that you brought me here to do—the work that Adolph Ochs described in that famous 1896 statement: “to make of the columns of The New York Times a forum for the consideration of all questions of public importance, and to that end to invite intelligent discussion from all shades of opinion.”
Ochs’s idea is one of the best I’ve encountered. And I’ve always comforted myself with the notion that the best ideas win out. But ideas cannot win on their own. They need a voice. They need a hearing. Above all, they must be backed by people willing to live by them.
Sincerely,
Bari
https:/
Dear A.G.,
It is with sadness that I write to tell you that I am resigning from The New York Times.
I joined the paper with gratitude and optimism three years ago. I was hired with the goal of bringing in voices that would not otherwise appear in your pages: first-time writers, centrists, conservatives and others who would not naturally think of The Times as their home. The reason for this effort was clear: The paper’s failure to anticipate the outcome of the 2016 election meant that it didn’t have a firm grasp of the country it covers. Dean Baquet and others have admitted as much on various occasions. The priority in Opinion was to help redress that critical shortcoming.
I was honored to be part of that effort, led by James Bennet. I am proud of my work as a writer and as an editor. Among those I helped bring to our pages: the Venezuelan dissident Wuilly Arteaga; the Iranian chess champion Dorsa Derakhshani; and the Hong Kong Christian democrat Derek Lam. Also: Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Masih Alinejad, Zaina Arafat, Elna Baker, Rachael Denhollander, Matti Friedman, Nick Gillespie, Heather Heying, Randall Kennedy, Julius Krein, Monica Lewinsky, Glenn Loury, Jesse Singal, Ali Soufan, Chloe Valdary, Thomas Chatterton Williams, Wesley Yang, and many others.
But the lessons that ought to have followed the election—lessons about the importance of understanding other Americans, the necessity of resisting tribalism, and the centrality of the free exchange of ideas to a democratic society—have not been learned. Instead, a new consensus has emerged in the press, but perhaps especially at this paper: that truth isn’t a process of collective discovery, but an orthodoxy already known to an enlightened few whose job is to inform everyone else.
Twitter is not on the masthead of The New York Times. But Twitter has become its ultimate editor. As the ethics and mores of that platform have become those of the paper, the paper itself has increasingly become a kind of performance space. Stories are chosen and told in a way to satisfy the narrowest of audiences, rather than to allow a curious public to read about the world and then draw their own conclusions. I was always taught that journalists were charged with writing the first rough draft of history. Now, history itself is one more ephemeral thing molded to fit the needs of a predetermined narrative.
My own forays into Wrongthink have made me the subject of constant bullying by colleagues who disagree with my views. They have called me a Nazi and a racist; I have learned to brush off comments about how I’m “writing about the Jews again.” Several colleagues perceived to be friendly with me were badgered by coworkers. My work and my character are openly demeaned on company-wide Slack channels where masthead editors regularly weigh in. There, some coworkers insist I need to be rooted out if this company is to be a truly “inclusive” one, while others post ax emojis next to my name. Still other New York Times employees publicly smear me as a liar and a bigot on Twitter with no fear that harassing me will be met with appropriate action. They never are.
There are terms for all of this: unlawful discrimination, hostile work environment, and constructive discharge. I’m no legal expert. But I know that this is wrong.
I do not understand how you have allowed this kind of behavior to go on inside your company in full view of the paper’s entire staff and the public. And I certainly can’t square how you and other Times leaders have stood by while simultaneously praising me in private for my courage. Showing up for work as a centrist at an American newspaper should not require bravery.
Part of me wishes I could say that my experience was unique. But the truth is that intellectual curiosity—let alone risk-taking—is now a liability at The Times. Why edit something challenging to our readers, or write something bold only to go through the numbing process of making it ideologically kosher, when we can assure ourselves of job security (and clicks) by publishing our 4000th op-ed arguing that Donald Trump is a unique danger to the country and the world? And so self-censorship has become the norm.
What rules that remain at The Times are applied with extreme selectivity. If a person’s ideology is in keeping with the new orthodoxy, they and their work remain unscrutinized. Everyone else lives in fear of the digital thunderdome. Online venom is excused so long as it is directed at the proper targets.
Op-eds that would have easily been published just two years ago would now get an editor or a writer in serious trouble, if not fired. If a piece is perceived as likely to inspire backlash internally or on social media, the editor or writer avoids pitching it. If she feels strongly enough to suggest it, she is quickly steered to safer ground. And if, every now and then, she succeeds in getting a piece published that does not explicitly promote progressive causes, it happens only after every line is carefully massaged, negotiated and caveated.
It took the paper two days and two jobs to say that the Tom Cotton op-ed “fell short of our standards.” We attached an editor’s note on a travel story about Jaffa shortly after it was published because it “failed to touch on important aspects of Jaffa’s makeup and its history.” But there is still none appended to Cheryl Strayed’s fawning interview with the writer Alice Walker, a proud anti-Semite who believes in lizard Illuminati.
The paper of record is, more and more, the record of those living in a distant galaxy, one whose concerns are profoundly removed from the lives of most people. This is a galaxy in which, to choose just a few recent examples, the Soviet space program is lauded for its “diversity”; the doxxing of teenagers in the name of justice is condoned; and the worst caste systems in human history includes the United States alongside Nazi Germany.
Even now, I am confident that most people at The Times do not hold these views. Yet they are cowed by those who do. Why? Perhaps because they believe the ultimate goal is righteous. Perhaps because they believe that they will be granted protection if they nod along as the coin of our realm—language—is degraded in service to an ever-shifting laundry list of right causes. Perhaps because there are millions of unemployed people in this country and they feel lucky to have a job in a contracting industry.
Or perhaps it is because they know that, nowadays, standing up for principle at the paper does not win plaudits. It puts a target on your back. Too wise to post on Slack, they write to me privately about the “new McCarthyism” that has taken root at the paper of record.
All this bodes ill, especially for independent-minded young writers and editors paying close attention to what they’ll have to do to advance in their careers. Rule One: Speak your mind at your own peril. Rule Two: Never risk commissioning a story that goes against the narrative. Rule Three: Never believe an editor or publisher who urges you to go against the grain. Eventually, the publisher will cave to the mob, the editor will get fired or reassigned, and you’ll be hung out to dry.
For these young writers and editors, there is one consolation. As places like The Times and other once-great journalistic institutions betray their standards and lose sight of their principles, Americans still hunger for news that is accurate, opinions that are vital, and debate that is sincere. I hear from these people every day. “An independent press is not a liberal ideal or a progressive ideal or a democratic ideal. It’s an American ideal,” you said a few years ago. I couldn’t agree more. America is a great country that deserves a great newspaper.
None of this means that some of the most talented journalists in the world don’t still labor for this newspaper. They do, which is what makes the illiberal environment especially heartbreaking. I will be, as ever, a dedicated reader of their work. But I can no longer do the work that you brought me here to do—the work that Adolph Ochs described in that famous 1896 statement: “to make of the columns of The New York Times a forum for the consideration of all questions of public importance, and to that end to invite intelligent discussion from all shades of opinion.”
Ochs’s idea is one of the best I’ve encountered. And I’ve always comforted myself with the notion that the best ideas win out. But ideas cannot win on their own. They need a voice. They need a hearing. Above all, they must be backed by people willing to live by them.
Sincerely,
Bari
Likelihood she will be replaced by another Jew, 3% or 100%?
Originally Posted by Stickfight
Likelihood she will be replaced by another Jew, 3% or 100%?
And that has what bearing on her message?
Blistering letter. NYT will ignore it.
Huh! I thought Bari Weiss was another variety of Leinenkugel beer!
Interesting that the insanity of Progressivism is eating the Pillar of Liberalism thatt is the NY Times from the inside out.
Originally Posted by hatari
Interesting that the insanity of Progressivism is eating the Pillar of Liberalism taht is the NY Times from the inside out.
It's a microcosm of the nation.
Originally Posted by Redneck
Huh! I thought Bari Weiss was another variety of Leinenkugel beer!
Hmm...unfiltered wheat beer...has marketing possibilities. Do we need to certify it kosher for this crowd???
After watching this interview of Bari Weiss I take back my silent best wishes for future employment. She's just another libtard toadie with the misfortune of being eaten by the cancel machine.
Deaf ears at the Times.
tag
Guess I live in a different universe. I never heard her name before in my life.
The editor should have corrected it and sent it back with notes.
Originally Posted by Snowwolfe
Guess I live in a different universe. I never heard her name before in my life.
No reason for you to know her name unless you read the NY Times.
Her story is an interesting one. In 2017, she was chosen to succeed James Benet, who simply published an Op Ed by Arkansas GOP Senator Tom Cotton. Staff writers were so incensed that the Times published something from a conservative GOP Senator that they called for Benets job, and got it. They displayed zero tolerance for any other OPINION on the NY Times OPINION page than extreme Progressivism.
Bari Weiss now gets moved out after being harassed for simply doing her job, and largely being Left leaning to very left in her political views. They eat their own.
Never heard of her. I don't care what she or any other liberal jew thinks or says.
Originally Posted by Mannlicher
And that has what bearing on her message?
Well, if the likelihood is 3% you can be 100% certain that her message, the NYT’s, and her successor’s are all intended as social engineering to harm the White race and further advance the cause of International Jewery.
To be fair, if the likelihood is 100% or any other value really, the same holds true.
Thanks Dess for posting the letter.
Originally Posted by Valsdad
Thanks Dess for posting the letter.
Plus 1.
Thanks, Dees.
Interesting read.
jaguartx: For YOUR information I often open your postings and immediately close them!
I could give a flyingfuck less what some newspaper somewhere prints!
I have been sitting around campfires for going on 73 years now - from Alaska to Texas and most states and provinces in between and I have NEVER had a campfire attendee say to me "you should read this newspaper article" and then NOT give a reason why and/or an opinion or a counter argument!
Ever!
Not once!
You seem to always do that - again I could give a flyingfuck less what some newspaper says - I would 1,000 (one thousand!) times rather hear/see your opinion/argument/experiences.
I admit the electrons that you use up for your ambiguous and insulting, to me, posts are free, but they are also worthless.
Please include an opinion or an argument or a counter - otherwise your posts are absolutely useless to me.
And the new york slimes!
Judas priest man get a grip - WGAF?????
I have NEVER in my 73 years on this earth purchased a medium or large city "newspaper" - ever, not once! I have been made aware that those entities have been lying and distorting for at least 55 years that I know of.
Again I must inquire WTF and WGAF?
I strongly suggest you NOT expose yourself in any way, shape or form to the new york slimes - now that advice is free and worth exactly that, but that advice/policy has served me exceptionally well during all of my lifetime!
Sheesh.
Hold into the wind
VarmintGuy
I could give a flyingfuck less what some newspaper somewhere prints!
I have been sitting around campfires for going on 73 years now - from Alaska to Texas and most states and provinces in between and I have NEVER had a campfire attendee say to me "you should read this newspaper article" and then NOT give a reason why and/or an opinion or a counter argument!
Ever!
Not once!
You seem to always do that - again I could give a flyingfuck less what some newspaper says - I would 1,000 (one thousand!) times rather hear/see your opinion/argument/experiences.
I admit the electrons that you use up for your ambiguous and insulting, to me, posts are free, but they are also worthless.
Please include an opinion or an argument or a counter - otherwise your posts are absolutely useless to me.
And the new york slimes!
Judas priest man get a grip - WGAF?????
I have NEVER in my 73 years on this earth purchased a medium or large city "newspaper" - ever, not once! I have been made aware that those entities have been lying and distorting for at least 55 years that I know of.
Again I must inquire WTF and WGAF?
I strongly suggest you NOT expose yourself in any way, shape or form to the new york slimes - now that advice is free and worth exactly that, but that advice/policy has served me exceptionally well during all of my lifetime!
Sheesh.
Hold into the wind
VarmintGuy
Originally Posted by VarmintGuy
jaguartx: For YOUR information I often open your postings and immediately close them!
I could give a flyingfuck less what some newspaper somewhere prints!
I have been sitting around campfires for going on 73 years now - from Alaska to Texas and most states and provinces in between and I have NEVER had a campfire attendee say to me "you should read this newspaper article" and then NOT give a reason why and/or an opinion or a counter argument!
Ever!
Not once!
You seem to always do that - again I could give a flyingfuck less what some newspaper says - I would 1,000 (one thousand!) times rather hear/see your opinion/argument/experiences.
I admit the electrons that you use up for your ambiguous and insulting, to me, posts are free, but they are also worthless.
Please include an opinion or an argument or a counter - otherwise your posts are absolutely useless to me.
And the new york slimes!
Judas priest man get a grip - WGAF?????
I have NEVER in my 73 years on this earth purchased a medium or large city "newspaper" - ever, not once! I have been made aware that those entities have been lying and distorting for at least 55 years that I know of.
Again I must inquire WTF and WGAF?
I strongly suggest you NOT expose yourself in any way, shape or form to the new york slimes - now that advice is free and worth exactly that, but that advice/policy has served me exceptionally well during all of my lifetime!
Sheesh.
Hold into the wind
VarmintGuy
I could give a flyingfuck less what some newspaper somewhere prints!
I have been sitting around campfires for going on 73 years now - from Alaska to Texas and most states and provinces in between and I have NEVER had a campfire attendee say to me "you should read this newspaper article" and then NOT give a reason why and/or an opinion or a counter argument!
Ever!
Not once!
You seem to always do that - again I could give a flyingfuck less what some newspaper says - I would 1,000 (one thousand!) times rather hear/see your opinion/argument/experiences.
I admit the electrons that you use up for your ambiguous and insulting, to me, posts are free, but they are also worthless.
Please include an opinion or an argument or a counter - otherwise your posts are absolutely useless to me.
And the new york slimes!
Judas priest man get a grip - WGAF?????
I have NEVER in my 73 years on this earth purchased a medium or large city "newspaper" - ever, not once! I have been made aware that those entities have been lying and distorting for at least 55 years that I know of.
Again I must inquire WTF and WGAF?
I strongly suggest you NOT expose yourself in any way, shape or form to the new york slimes - now that advice is free and worth exactly that, but that advice/policy has served me exceptionally well during all of my lifetime!
Sheesh.
Hold into the wind
VarmintGuy
You really should have read it.
Try again.
Originally Posted by RemModel8
Amazing the number of links that require a subscription that people will put up.
The dayom thing came up for me to read. It was the third one i tried to post.
Originally Posted by hatari
Originally Posted by Snowwolfe
Guess I live in a different universe. I never heard her name before in my life.
No reason for you to know her name unless you read the NY Times.
Her story is an interesting one. In 2017, she was chosen to succeed James Benet, who simply published an Op Ed by Arkansas GOP Senator Tom Cotton. Staff writers were so incensed that the Times published something from a conservative GOP Senator that they called for Benets job, and got it. They displayed zero tolerance for any other OPINION on the NY Times OPINION page than extreme Progressivism.
Bari Weiss now gets moved out after being harassed for simply doing her job, and largely being Left leaning to very left in her political views. They eat their own.
Like a pack of wild dogs that run out of food, or blecks in packs that run out of drug deals.
An inevitable clash is in the works. The left is starting to suck muzzy dicks. Where will that leave the joos? Depends if they are part of the rich deep state NWO or expendable, Im guessing.
Or pissed off guys on the CAMPFIRE.
Dear VG, I almost never tell guys why they should read anything I post.
To me, and I assume others, the headline gave enough info for anyone interested in the story to read it.
Im too old and dumb to learn new tricks. My arthur almost prevents me from even doing this well.
Sorry. I hope Rick doesnt cut my pay for losing a reader.
Take care and GOD bless.
To me, and I assume others, the headline gave enough info for anyone interested in the story to read it.
Im too old and dumb to learn new tricks. My arthur almost prevents me from even doing this well.
Sorry. I hope Rick doesnt cut my pay for losing a reader.
Take care and GOD bless.
Freaking story continues to come up on my Samsung tablet.
Opinion editor and writer Bari Weiss has left the New York Times, publishing a scathing resignation letter on her way out Tuesday that accused the newspaper of allowing “unlawful discrimination, hostile work environment, and constructive discharge,” among other misdeeds.
The controversial journalist’s exit comes amid a reckoning prompted by the Black Lives Matter movement and after the New York Times’ publication of the inflammatory “Send in the Troops” op-ed by Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), which called for military mobilization against protesters.
The June piece was widely condemned within and beyond the newspaper and among scores of readers. It sparked what Weiss called a war between "(mostly young) wokes” and "(mostly 40+) liberals” and ultimately led to the departure of Opinion editor James Bennet.
The New York Times building in New York in 2008.
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Weiss, who said she experienced “constant bullying by colleagues” who disagree with her views, was also among the signatories of last week’s divisive Harper’s open letter on cancel culture. She said she experienced bullying online and lamented the New York Times’ inaction on her alleged harassment.
“Some coworkers insist I need to be rooted out if this company is to be a truly ‘inclusive’ one, while others post ax emojis next to my name. Still other New York Times employees publicly smear me as a liar and a bigot on Twitter with no fear that harassing me will be met with appropriate action. They never are,” she wrote in her resignation letter addressed to Times publisher A.G. Sulzberger.
“Twitter is not on the masthead of The New York Times. But Twitter has become its ultimate editor,” she continued. “As the ethics and mores of that platform have become those of the paper, the paper itself has increasingly become a kind of performance space. Stories are chosen and told in a way to satisfy the narrowest of audiences, rather than to allow a curious public to read about the world and then draw their own conclusions. I was always taught that journalists were charged with writing the first rough draft of history. Now, history itself is one more ephemeral thing molded to fit the needs of a predetermined narrative.”
FILE - In this Thursday, Nov. 8, 2018 file photo, writer J.K. Rowling poses for the media at the world premiere of the film "Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald" in Paris. Dozens of artists, writers and academics have signed an open letter decrying the weakening of public debate, it was announced Wednesday, July 8, 2020 warning that the free exchange of information and ideas is in jeopardy. J.K. Rowling, Salman Rushdie and Margaret Atwood are among dozens of writers, artists and academics to argue against ideological conformity in an open letter in Harper’s Magazine. The letter comes amid a debate over so-called cancel culture - where prominent people face attack for sharing controversial opinions. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, file)
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In a Tuesday statement, Kathleen Kingsbury, the New York Times’ acting editorial page editor, said that she appreciated Weiss’ contributions to the section and is “personally committed to ensuring that The Times continues to publish voices, experiences and viewpoints from across the political spectrum in the Opinion report.”
“We see every day how impactful and important that approach is, especially through the outsized influence The Times’s opinion journalism has on the national conversation,” Kingsbury said.
New York Times spokeswoman Eileen Murphy declined to comment on the specifics of Weiss’ letter, but added: “We’re committed to fostering an environment of honest, searching and empathetic dialogue between colleagues, one where mutual respect is required of all.”
Weiss was hired three years ago under Bennet, who brought in the views of more conservative writers, including Weiss and columnist Bret Stephens. The newspaper and its staff have long been a target for President Trump and his conservative allies; the president regularly describes the profitable, award-winning newspaper as “failing.”
She said she joined the paper with the goal of bringing in voices that would not otherwise appear in the paper of record, such as first-time writers, centrists, conservatives and others “who would not naturally think of The Times as their home.” That’s because, she argued, the paper failed to anticipate the outcome of the 2016 election, which meant that it didn’t have a firm grasp of the country it covers.” She said her section’s priority “was to help redress that critical shortcoming.”
She was previously the op-ed editor at the Wall Street Journal and an associate book review editor there.
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Opinion editor and writer Bari Weiss has left the New York Times, publishing a scathing resignation letter on her way out Tuesday that accused the newspaper of allowing “unlawful discrimination, hostile work environment, and constructive discharge,” among other misdeeds.
The controversial journalist’s exit comes amid a reckoning prompted by the Black Lives Matter movement and after the New York Times’ publication of the inflammatory “Send in the Troops” op-ed by Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), which called for military mobilization against protesters.
The June piece was widely condemned within and beyond the newspaper and among scores of readers. It sparked what Weiss called a war between "(mostly young) wokes” and "(mostly 40+) liberals” and ultimately led to the departure of Opinion editor James Bennet.
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Weiss, who said she experienced “constant bullying by colleagues” who disagree with her views, was also among the signatories of last week’s divisive Harper’s open letter on cancel culture. She said she experienced bullying online and lamented the New York Times’ inaction on her alleged harassment.
“Some coworkers insist I need to be rooted out if this company is to be a truly ‘inclusive’ one, while others post ax emojis next to my name. Still other New York Times employees publicly smear me as a liar and a bigot on Twitter with no fear that harassing me will be met with appropriate action. They never are,” she wrote in her resignation letter addressed to Times publisher A.G. Sulzberger.
“Twitter is not on the masthead of The New York Times. But Twitter has become its ultimate editor,” she continued. “As the ethics and mores of that platform have become those of the paper, the paper itself has increasingly become a kind of performance space. Stories are chosen and told in a way to satisfy the narrowest of audiences, rather than to allow a curious public to read about the world and then draw their own conclusions. I was always taught that journalists were charged with writing the first rough draft of history. Now, history itself is one more ephemeral thing molded to fit the needs of a predetermined narrative.”
FILE - In this Thursday, Nov. 8, 2018 file photo, writer J.K. Rowling poses for the media at the world premiere of the film "Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald" in Paris. Dozens of artists, writers and academics have signed an open letter decrying the weakening of public debate, it was announced Wednesday, July 8, 2020 warning that the free exchange of information and ideas is in jeopardy. J.K. Rowling, Salman Rushdie and Margaret Atwood are among dozens of writers, artists and academics to argue against ideological conformity in an open letter in Harper’s Magazine. The letter comes amid a debate over so-called cancel culture - where prominent people face attack for sharing controversial opinions. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, file)
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In a Tuesday statement, Kathleen Kingsbury, the New York Times’ acting editorial page editor, said that she appreciated Weiss’ contributions to the section and is “personally committed to ensuring that The Times continues to publish voices, experiences and viewpoints from across the political spectrum in the Opinion report.”
“We see every day how impactful and important that approach is, especially through the outsized influence The Times’s opinion journalism has on the national conversation,” Kingsbury said.
New York Times spokeswoman Eileen Murphy declined to comment on the specifics of Weiss’ letter, but added: “We’re committed to fostering an environment of honest, searching and empathetic dialogue between colleagues, one where mutual respect is required of all.”
Weiss was hired three years ago under Bennet, who brought in the views of more conservative writers, including Weiss and columnist Bret Stephens. The newspaper and its staff have long been a target for President Trump and his conservative allies; the president regularly describes the profitable, award-winning newspaper as “failing.”
She said she joined the paper with the goal of bringing in voices that would not otherwise appear in the paper of record, such as first-time writers, centrists, conservatives and others “who would not naturally think of The Times as their home.” That’s because, she argued, the paper failed to anticipate the outcome of the 2016 election, which meant that it didn’t have a firm grasp of the country it covers.” She said her section’s priority “was to help redress that critical shortcoming.”
She was previously the op-ed editor at the Wall Street Journal and an associate book review editor there.
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Condensed version of Bari Weiss' statement: The NY Times is radical left and controlled by radical leftists. If you are even one millimeter right of the farthest left, you will be ostracized.
Much more is coming to light. Ms. Weiss was instrumental in getting Ali Watkins hired to the NYT publish the illegal leak from James Wolfe.
This "journalist" is dirty and attempting to cover her ass.
Conservative Treehouse
This "journalist" is dirty and attempting to cover her ass.
Conservative Treehouse
Well, joo dont say.
Originally Posted by VarmintGuy
jaguartx: For YOUR information I often open your postings and immediately close them!
I could give a flyingfuck less what some newspaper somewhere prints!
I have been sitting around campfires for going on 73 years now - from Alaska to Texas and most states and provinces in between and I have NEVER had a campfire attendee say to me "you should read this newspaper article" and then NOT give a reason why and/or an opinion or a counter argument!
Ever!
Not once!
You seem to always do that - again I could give a flyingfuck less what some newspaper says - I would 1,000 (one thousand!) times rather hear/see your opinion/argument/experiences.
I admit the electrons that you use up for your ambiguous and insulting, to me, posts are free, but they are also worthless.
Please include an opinion or an argument or a counter - otherwise your posts are absolutely useless to me.
And the new york slimes!
Judas priest man get a grip - WGAF?????
I have NEVER in my 73 years on this earth purchased a medium or large city "newspaper" - ever, not once! I have been made aware that those entities have been lying and distorting for at least 55 years that I know of.
Again I must inquire WTF and WGAF?
I strongly suggest you NOT expose yourself in any way, shape or form to the new york slimes - now that advice is free and worth exactly that, but that advice/policy has served me exceptionally well during all of my lifetime!
Sheesh.
Hold into the wind
VarmintGuy
I could give a flyingfuck less what some newspaper somewhere prints!
I have been sitting around campfires for going on 73 years now - from Alaska to Texas and most states and provinces in between and I have NEVER had a campfire attendee say to me "you should read this newspaper article" and then NOT give a reason why and/or an opinion or a counter argument!
Ever!
Not once!
You seem to always do that - again I could give a flyingfuck less what some newspaper says - I would 1,000 (one thousand!) times rather hear/see your opinion/argument/experiences.
I admit the electrons that you use up for your ambiguous and insulting, to me, posts are free, but they are also worthless.
Please include an opinion or an argument or a counter - otherwise your posts are absolutely useless to me.
And the new york slimes!
Judas priest man get a grip - WGAF?????
I have NEVER in my 73 years on this earth purchased a medium or large city "newspaper" - ever, not once! I have been made aware that those entities have been lying and distorting for at least 55 years that I know of.
Again I must inquire WTF and WGAF?
I strongly suggest you NOT expose yourself in any way, shape or form to the new york slimes - now that advice is free and worth exactly that, but that advice/policy has served me exceptionally well during all of my lifetime!
Sheesh.
Hold into the wind
VarmintGuy
Ignorance is not a virtue, VG, even in SW Montana.
The reason this is important is that it's a major crack in the NYT's claim to be the paper of record of the United States. I don't think it's the paper of record but a lot of people do, more than live in SW Montana. In short, this is an important blow against the fake news.
This thread might be the only time I've ever agreed with Jaguartx.
Sheesh.
After seeing her interview with Joe Rogan it’s obvious she isn’t too bright. She regurgitated neoliberal talking points and headlines and when challenged she crumbled.
The golems are turning on their creators.
After all the Bari Weisses have done to me & mine, I must admit to no small pleasure watching her (virtual) defenestration. Next time, maybe the golems and pets can arrange to actually run down and eat their former master/mistress. Would make great video.
After all the Bari Weisses have done to me & mine, I must admit to no small pleasure watching her (virtual) defenestration. Next time, maybe the golems and pets can arrange to actually run down and eat their former master/mistress. Would make great video.
For sure something they could make money on.
Originally Posted by IndyCA35
Please include an opinion
VarmintGuy
Ignorance is not a virtue, VG, even in SW Montana.
The reason this is important is that it's a major crack in the NYT's claim to be the paper of record of the United States. I don't think it's the paper of record but a lot of people do, more than live in SW Montana. In short, this is an important blow against the fake news.
This thread might be the only time I've ever agreed with Jaguartx.
Sheesh.
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Gee, Indy, I thought surely you agreed with me about Bill, Zero and Hillary.
