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Bari Weiss, major recipient of wingnut welfare, got her next payment and a brand new job:
The CBS News owner Paramount will acquire the Free Press, a media startup founded by Bari Weiss, and has appointed her editor-in-chief of the storied US news network.
Weiss, 41, has no experience working in broadcast television, though she has carved out a reputation as a heterodox opinion writer and burgeoning media operator.
Known for her attacks on liberal institutions and “cancel culture”, Weiss founded the Free Press with her partner Nellie Bowles in 2021 after she left the New York Times as a columnist, claiming that she was heavily scrutinized for her conservative views and criticism of the left at the paper.
“Hererodox” must be the Guardian word for “fucking liar.”
Anyway, this is the fruit of the poisoned tree of the New York Times’ “maybe those conservatives have a point” opinion page. There was a point, certainly, and it was to gain legitimacy via a Times’ position, shit on that hated “liberal” paper on their way out the door, and move on to fame and fortune in the right-wing media ecosystem. The only decent NYT opinion columnist makes a good point on Weiss’ Free Press:
perhaps the biggest story TFPever ran was a catastrophically shoddy argument that George Floyd ackshully died of an overdose. When confronted with irrefutable evidence that the piece was simply wrong, Weiss didn’t take it down, she asked her critic, @radleybalko.bsky.social, to come on a podcast.
— jamelle (@jamellebouie.net)2025-10-06T13:35:26.295Z
Right-wing media is miles ahead of anything that could be called left-wing media in this country, and they keep consolidating their lead. They have almost every major media outlet. We’ve got a bunch of Substacks and some posters on BlueSky. Politically-involved Democrats have a great media complex — we’re spoiled for choice. But normie Democrats and normies in general are going to be served right-wing slop from here on out. The oligarchs on an acquisition spree know that it’s their time to shine, and they know exactly what they need to do to get everything they want from the Trump administration — well-placed bribes get the job done.
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