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New York Times Opinion writer Bari Weiss says she's leaving the paper — The writer and editor has self-expelled from the newspaper, she tells VICE. — Laura Wagner — Bari Weiss, a writer and editor for the embattled New York Times Opinion section, is leaving the paper.
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@dylanbyers, @wesleylowery, @jack_hamilton, @yashar, The Week, @katebevan, Fox News, @mattzollerseitz, @jeremymbarr, @katecagle, @laura_nelson, @elivalley, @wajahatali, @davidsirota, @lollardfish, @jonbernhardt, @dataeditor, @them_l_g, @elienyc, @lostcatdog, @justinwolfers, @mmasnick, @ericrweinstein, @alexhern, @gelliottmorris, @kendrawrites, @elivalley, @thomaschattwill, @mmasnick, @tomgara, @parkermolloy, @goldietaylor, @arawnsley, @paulg, @lawrencehurley, @s_m_i, @originalspin, @jsellenberg, @ericrweinstein, @blackamazon, @rudnicknoah, @loloverruled, @alixabeth, @aliabunimah, @fawfulfan, @alex, @meghanmccain, @ashleyfeinberg, @tomgara, @connorsouthard, @dandarling, @lthomasnews, @stevekrak, @marc_normandin and @hemantmehta
Discussion:
Dylan Byers / @dylanbyers: Free idea: Start online magazine, hire the 12 most thought-provoking opinion columnists from across political, ideological, cultural spectrum for top $$. Let them at it. No editors, no retractions (!) — if columnist(s) take issue with what another wrote, they can write about it.
Jack Hamilton / @jack_hamilton: I wonder what bari weiss and bret stephens make of ross douthat, who is farther to the right than either of them but largely escapes the levels of scorn they attract because his work is nowhere near as lazy or dishonest as theirs
@yashar: Bari Weiss is leaving the New York Times. I heard about this possibility a few weeks ago and have heard rumors since of what her next plans are. https://www.vice.com/...
Bonnie Kristian / The Week: Cancel culture is a class issue
@katebevan: Dude, have you ever seen raw copy? Most people can't write. Everyone needs an editor https://twitter.com/...
Judith Miller / Fox News: Rise and fall of New York Times writer Bari Weiss — a victim of far-left intolerance
MZS / @mattzollerseitz: That Bari Weiss feels confident enough to leave one of the most prestigious jobs in journalism when the entire economy is collapsing tells you all you need to know about how right wing personalities are protected by the safety net of the conservative media welfare state.
Jeremy Barr / @jeremymbarr: The New York Times confirms Bari Weiss' departure, as first reported by Vice: https://www.vice.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Kate Cagle / @katecagle: @WesleyLowery I see your take and add my take: media needs fewer “repeaters” - those who just repackage information that someone else dug up - and more reporters.
Laura J. Nelson / @laura_nelson: You've invented Twitter https://twitter.com/...
Eli Valley / @elivalley: The harassment and bullying I experienced in the run-up to Stanford were a direct result of the amplification from Weiss via her @NYTopinion pulpit. I would hope other NYT contributors would be able to grasp the privilege and power that position confers. https://twitter.com/...
@wajahatali: May all writers of color in this insane media industry one day have the ability to self expel themselves from one of the most privileged jobs, knowing they will be protected & allowed to fail up despite repeated embarrassments, all the while claiming victimhood forever. Ameen.
David Sirota / @davidsirota: I have no idea how you came up with such a brilliant, innovative & visionary idea called “an oped page” https://twitter.com/...
David M. Perry / @lollardfish: There's a market by which new voices can break into media by writing “takes.” There's a much tighter closed market by which people can break in to reporting. If you are sneering at opinion writing today please keep that in mind.
Nathan Bernhardt / @jonbernhardt: “no retractions” is anathema to the entire history of thoughtful, respectable journalism, but this isn't an actual serious idea just a gesture at an aesthetic https://twitter.com/...
Steven Rich / @dataeditor: or we could hire like 100 local journalists for the same price https://twitter.com/...
Mike L. Goodman / @them_l_g: The reason this doesn't exist is sadly also that nobody wants it. But this is exactly the thing we should do despite that. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Elie Mystal / @elienyc: @WesleyLowery Hey! Some of us just want to make takes, not make everybody agree with those takes. :)
Justin Wolfers / @justinwolfers: This free-thinker just invented blogs. https://twitter.com/...
Mike Masnick / @mmasnick: @alexhern I dunno, having everyone whine about this for a day to avoid publishing some other nonsense is maybe a good thing.
Eric Weinstein / @ericrweinstein: I have had the honor of trying to support both @bariweiss at the New York Times and @BretWeinstein in their battles simply to stand alone against the internal mob mentality. It is THE story all over the country. Our courageous individuals are being hunted at work for dissenting.
Alex Hern / @alexhern: @mmasnick Counterpoint: the public discourse is already suffering because the American media has spent hours talking about nothing but this
G. Elliott Morris / @gelliottmorris: Uh, this is what twitter is, right? https://twitter.com/...
@kendrawrites: Free idea: completely revamp politics desks. Hire reporters who have an understanding of public policy and history and who can explain to people how proposed policies will impact their lives in plain English. Abolish all sports metaphors and anonymous stories on WH “mood”. https://twitter.com/...
Eli Valley / @elivalley: Here's an earlier, smaller example of manager-calling by a person who throughout her professional life has abused her positions of power to get people cancelled, fired, and silenced. https://twitter.com/...
@thomaschattwill: @ParkerMolloy @elivalley I am (except in the most extreme cases, which i guess are theoretically possible) against de-platforming, especially for campus lectures. But I don't believe she harassed and bullied this person, either, which is what has happened to her.
Mike Masnick / @mmasnick: Hot take: the NY Times will not suffer from Bari Weiss leaving. Bari Weiss will not suffer from her resigning. And, most importantly, no, the “public discourse” or whatever other nonsense will not suffer either. Seeing a bunch of people saying otherwise and it's stupid.
Tom Gara / @tomgara: Hear me out: it's a website, that publishes 6-10 opinion columns per day, from across the political spectrum. You might think this has already been done, but here's our secret sauce: we massively overpay for them https://twitter.com/...
Parker Molloy / @parkermolloy: @thomaschattwill Just last year she cheered on efforts to get @elivalley's talk at Stanford canceled because he was too pro-Palestine. https://twitter.com/...
Adam Rawnsley / @arawnsley: The world does not need more takes. It does need more reporting. https://twitter.com/...
Paul Graham / @paulg: @waitbutwhy We live in scary times if you read this as “Newspaper of record taken over by ideologues.” But a newspaper of record taken over by ideologues stops being one. So all it really means is “The NYT is becoming irrelevant.” Which is unfortunate, but not scary.
Lawrence Hurley / @lawrencehurley: Free idea: opinion columnists are not worth top $$ https://twitter.com/...
Stacy-Marie Ishmael / @s_m_i: Shout out to people who've had good editors and the nous to understand what editors do. https://twitter.com/...
Jeff Yang / @originalspin: Every pitch for promoting free speech and elevating discourse by high-profile commentators seems to land on “let's pay big money to high-profile commentators to say whatever they want,” as opposed to “let's make it easier for everyday people to safely speak on free public fora” https://twitter.com/...
Jordan Ellenberg / @jsellenberg: The problem with this, and this is really serious, is that “thought-provokingness” is orthogonal to being a good writer and thinker. https://twitter.com/...
Eric Weinstein / @ericrweinstein: Before Bari resigned, I did a podcast with her. It was chilling. I'd make an innocuous statement of simple fact and ask her about it. She'd reply “That is obviously true but I'm sorry we can't say that here. It will get me strung up.” That's when I stopped telling her to hang on.
@blackamazon: Who defines thought provoking? Is it the same people who are shown to talk to almost exclusively men , and WOC least of all? And when the most marginalized are targeted how would you handle that https://twitter.com/...
Noah Rudnick / @rudnicknoah: This is just Crossfire which has been rebooted like 6 times now, nobody watches it or cares, and just makes everyone not named Jon Stewart look dumber than before it aired https://twitter.com/...
Alex Peter / @loloverruled: She called staff who said “don't publish an article by Tom Cotton saying roll tanks into US cities” the “wokes” https://twitter.com/...
Dr. Elizabeth Sacha Baroness Cohen / @alixabeth: Self-cancel culture is brutal. Pre-planned cancellation is even worse. https://twitter.com/...
Ali Abunimah / @aliabunimah: .@BariWeiss, the thuggish censor and Jupiter-sized hypocrite who tried to get Joseph Massad and other professors fired from Columbia University for daring to speak truthfully about Israel's crimes against Palestinians, is no longer working at @nytimes https://www.vice.com/...
Matthew Chapman / @fawfulfan: So long. Bari Weiss never produced one thought of value. Her entire tenure was nothing but op-eds whining that liberals are trying to silence her speech, and trashing the NYT reporting team (who, BTW, were not allowed to respond due to newsroom policy). https://www.vice.com/...
@alex: https://www.vice.com/... gotta be hard to work at a place where your reporting gets torn apart like this https://twitter.com/...
Meghan McCain / @meghanmccain: .@bariweiss is a true original, a fearless thinker, and a brilliant writer. I'm grateful for her voice in culture and media. She will he just fine - the @nytimes on the other hand remains to be seen. This is another nail in the coffin for diversity of thought in mainstream media. https://twitter.com/...
Ashley Feinberg / @ashleyfeinberg: i'm gonna go ahead and say... tablet and/or quillette
Tom Gara / @tomgara: I don't know exactly what the right metric is, but Bari Weiss has to be one of the most effective opinion journalists in the country in terms of like, how much attention & conversation is generated by a 35-year old who commissions and *occasionally* writes takes on things
@connorsouthard: Oh no the cowardly libs at The New York Times cancelled Bari Weiss!! I'm sure that means she won't pop up somewhere else making well into six figures and doing even less work. That's how this goes, right?
Daniel Darling / @dandarling: Hate to see this. Didn't always agree with Bari, but I liked her voice at the Times. https://twitter.com/...
Luke Thomas / @lthomasnews: I'd ordinarily say I welcome her departure from the NYT, but wherever she ends up next will almost certainly be a vehicle in near-exclusive service to her own sense of heroic free speech martyrdom. https://twitter.com/...
Steve Krakauer / @stevekrak: The Purge: Newsrooms continues... https://twitter.com/...
Marc Normandin / @marc_normandin: Genuinely curious about where she'll go, in the sense I'm curious if this awful person can still get a job at an outlet generally thought of as “respectable,” or if she's just going to write for Quillette now https://twitter.com/...
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In her resignation letter, Bari Weiss says she's been bullied by coworkers, that Twitter has become the NYT's editor, and self-censorship is the new norm — 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.
Discussion:
Digiday, Observer, Poynter, Axios, @deep_beige, @froomkin, Backbencher, @mattdpearce, @tomscocca, @carmantse, @alexhern, @brendohare, @douglaskmurray, Quillette, The Week, Fox News, @brithume, @benshapiro, @donaldjtrumpjr, @glennf, @deggans, @glennf, @ashleyfeinberg, @glennf, @emmavigeland, @ashleyfeinberg, @glennf, @kept_simple, @llinwood, @donaldjtrumpjr, @ashleyfeinberg, @alexstamos, Newser, New York Post, @jaysbookman, @espiers, Politico, @dankennedy_nu, @balajis, @mtracey, @briannawu, @ianbremmer, @brandyljensen, @jeffjarvis, @jeffjarvis, @jeffjarvis, @hamiltonnolan, @llw902, @jessicavalenti, @peterjhasson, @comfortablysmug, @parkermolloy, @ositanwanevu, @beyondreasdoubt, @wolfejosh, @neontaster, @comfortablysmug, @nachristakis, @nickgillespie, @jeffjarvis, @jeffjarvis, @jeffjarvis, @jeffjarvis, @jeffjarvis, @carloslozadawp, @jeffjarvis, New York Times, @jackposobiec, @rubinreport, @piersmorgan and @nickwingfield
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Steven Perlberg / Digiday: Slack is fueling media's bottom-up revolution
Noah Berlatsky / Observer: The Truth Behind Bari Weiss's Resignation From the ‘NYT’
Tom Jones / Poynter: Breaking down the controversial resignation of New York Times opinion writer Bari Weiss
Sara Fischer / Axios: Newsrooms vs. “the ultimate editor” Twitter
Brendan james / @deep_beige: Don't worry, the New York Times is still gonna publish the dumbest possible shit that you can imagine https://twitter.com/...
Dan Froomkin / @froomkin: Seeing who is fawning over @bariweiss's resignation letter on Twitter tells you everything you need to know about the intellectual dishonesty of her arguments: https://twitter.com/search
@mattdpearce: My understanding of hostile-environment law is that it has to be based on persistent conduct against someone of a protected class, so i guess the argument here is that the New York Times is anti-Semitic? The law doesn't say your coworkers have to like you. https://www.bariweiss.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Tom Scocca / @tomscocca: Trying to remember any of the immature, unprofessional nasty gutter journalists at Gawker ever going out on terms quite as openly poisonous, vindictive, and intentionally harmful to the institution as celebrated Nice Person Bari Weiss did
@carmantse: Bari Weiss, Andrew Sullivan, and Ben Shapiro getting together to form their own outlet: https://twitter.com/...
Alex Hern / @alexhern: I've got a theory that if my salary was quadrupled and I was only asked to write a single piece each month, which could be about whoever had annoyed me most on twitter, I'd become unbearable too. But for science we should really test that theory
Brendan O'Hare / @brendohare: I am a moron and people are mad at me... George Orwell warned us about this...
Douglas Murray / @douglaskmurray: Bari Weiss leaving the NYT after ‘constant bullying by colleagues.’ A devastating resignation letter. ‘Twitter is not on the masthead of The New York Times. But Twitter has become its ultimate editor.’ Bravo Bari @bariweiss . https://www.bariweiss.com/...
Brian Stewart / Quillette: The Defenestration of Bari Weiss
Harold Maass / The Week: 10 things you need to know today: July 15, 2020
Brit Hume / @brithume: A NY Times columnist quits in disgust at what an organ of enforced orthodoxy the paper's editorial pages have become. Read every word. The ring of truth is unmistakable. https://www.bariweiss.com/...
Ben Shapiro / @benshapiro: This letter of resignation from @bariweiss is devastating https://www.bariweiss.com/...
Donald Trump Jr / @donaldjtrumpjr: 🚨🚨🚨This is a must read for everyone. If you want to get a glimpse into today's enlightened media, and in this case The New York Times, you need look no further. Resignation Letter — Bari Weiss https://www.bariweiss.com/...
Glenn Fleishman / @glennf: As with the Harper's letter, the *remedy* she proposes is unclear. She lists criticism, private and public, that she feels unwarranted. The only solution for internal criticism would be the silencing of it: “I do not understand how you have allowed this kind of behavior to go on”
Eric Deggans At Npr / @deggans: An analyst at Fox News, which just saw one of its highest profile news anchors leave for CNBC after constant conflicts with the channel's conservative pundit stars, wrote this. Without irony. https://twitter.com/...
Glenn Fleishman / @glennf: She accuses the Times of several misdeeds: “unlawful discrimination, hostile work environment, and constructive discharge.” What she describes is a desire for an absence of *difficult speech about her*, which she lumps all together as abuse. This is...illiberalism.
Ashley Feinberg / @ashleyfeinberg: lmao nevermind, they are 1000% starting something new and it's gonna be called like, The Heretic https://twitter.com/...
Glenn Fleishman / @glennf: Bari Weiss has written the ultimate “my steak arrived poorly cooked” resignation letter. With no specifics coupled with allusions to situations that have already been refuted, it's about as good as her average column. https://www.bariweiss.com/...
Emma Vigeland / @emmavigeland: This is who Bari Weiss is and who she speaks to. https://twitter.com/...
Ashley Feinberg / @ashleyfeinberg: anyway, condolences to bari, who was very clearly trying with all her might to get fired in a blaze of free speech glory but was instead forced to settle for self-expulsion
Glenn Fleishman / @glennf: “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”: I don't understand where the free, unfettered statement of difficult truths fits in with this statement.
Mark / @kept_simple: bari weiss quit voluntarily then writes a letter acting as if she was fired while also complaining that the the nyt management bowed to cancel culture by... not firing colleagues who disagreed with her publicly. my head is spinning. https://twitter.com/...
Lin Wood / @llinwood: Integrity & truth still matter. To some. We need integrity & truth to matter to more. #FightBack https://twitter.com/...
Donald Trump Jr / @donaldjtrumpjr: NYT editor @bariweiss resigns in STUNNING fashion & exposes the Times' rampant attacks on anyone who breaks from the far-left narrative. “Speak your mind at your own peril... the publisher will cave to the mob.” If you RT/share 1 thing today THIS is it! https://www.bariweiss.com/...
Ashley Feinberg / @ashleyfeinberg: The sentence “I'm no lawyer, but it is ILLEGAL for my colleagues to think I'm an idiot” has been ricocheting around my brain for like two hours now so I'm hoping this tweet sets me free
Alex Stamos / @alexstamos: A1 below the fold: Prominent Female Exec Resigns from Ad Tech Platform, Cites Toxic Work Environment
Michael Goodwin / New York Post: Bari Weiss exposes how The Times has gone astray
Jay Bookman / @jaysbookman: A Fox News creature bemoans “an organ of enforced orthodoxy?” What would Shep Smith say about that? Also, where are the complaints about the WSJ edit page, which enforces a much more narrow orthodoxy than the NYT? The Times has issues, but really? https://twitter.com/...
Elizabeth Spiers / @espiers: Fwiw, I have no idea what Bari Weiss did or didn't write in college. I just think her Times columns have been bad, and she's mediocre writer. And also: me saying that is counterspeech, not cancel culture.
Max Cohen / Politico: New York Times opinion writer Bari Weiss resigns, citing hostile culture and lack of ideological diversity
Dan Kennedy / @dankennedy_nu: @bariweiss @nytimes Also: Weiss pulls out the old trope that the Times was out of touch because it failed to anticipate Trump's win. (@deanbaquet says this too.) No. They believed the data. If the data showed Trump would win, they'd have believed that instead.
Balaji S. Srinivasan / @balajis: I want to quote this whole thing. But it's too good to excerpt. Every centrist should leave the New York Times. And set up on Substack, or as an independent entrepreneur. There is plenty of funding for technological progressives out West. https://www.bariweiss.com/...
Michael Tracey / @mtracey: I have major criticisms of @bariweiss, especially regarding her views on anti-semitism. However, I never found her any more “offensive” than dozens of other people the NYT has amplified throughout the years. The petty, screeching reaction she provokes is insanely disproportionate
Brianna Wu / @briannawu: Unpopular opinion: @bariweiss has many views I don't agree with. But, unlike most figures on the right she expressed them without denigrating anyone's fundamental humanity - a quality entirely lacking from many if not most figures on the right.
Brandy Jensen / @brandyljensen: starting to believe we all live in a very specific hell made by @ashleyfeinberg's mind https://twitter.com/...
Jeff Jarvis / @jeffjarvis: Sigh. We were just moving past #TheLetter when now we'll have to live through days of #TheResignationLetter. I eagerly await @jayrosen_nyu's dissection of the latter.
Jeff Jarvis / @jeffjarvis: These, too, are fightin' words: “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.”
Jeff Jarvis / @jeffjarvis: These are fightin' words: “There are terms for all of this: unlawful discrimination, hostile work environment, and constructive discharge.” Yet her letter drips — overflows — with hostility.
Hamilton Nolan / @hamiltonnolan: Bari Weiss was not a top-one-thousand writer in NYC. James Bennet was not a good editor (the NYT columnist roster is proof of that). Not being good at your job is a perfectly legitimate reason for people to want you to leave that job. This does not amount to oppression. Sorry!
Lauren L Walker / @llw902: starting a gofundme for bari weiss until she lands on her feet at national review
Jessica Valenti / @jessicavalenti: Bari Weiss - who once wrote an entire column about how women should suck it up if they don't like being sexually badgered - is accusing the times of unlawful discrimination because her colleagues don't like her (not linking it's on her website) https://twitter.com/...
Peter J. Hasson / @peterjhasson: “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.” - Bari Weiss, in her resignation letter https://www.bariweiss.com/...
Comfortably Smug / @comfortablysmug: #SaveBariWeiss https://www.bariweiss.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Parker Molloy / @parkermolloy: This is a ridiculous and excruciating read. “My own forays into Wrongthink” Gosh, seems like she's mad that other people weren't silenced. HMM... https://www.bariweiss.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Osita Nwanevu / @ositanwanevu: 🤔🤔🤔 https://www.bariweiss.com/... https://twitter.com/...
@beyondreasdoubt: “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.” -@bariweiss 🔥
Josh Wolfe / @wolfejosh: HISTORIC. SHAME on you @nytimes leadership for allowing this. As with anything, you can subscribe or CANCEL. Wherever @bariweiss goes next—I SUBSCRIBE. https://twitter.com/...
Noam Blum / @neontaster: Look at that. Someone actually getting up and leaving instead of demanding the firing of others, which would have been 100% justified in this case anyway. The way @bariweiss was treated is truly appalling. The Times is a cesspool. https://www.bariweiss.com/...
Comfortably Smug / @comfortablysmug: I Stand With @bariweiss
Nicholas A. Christakis / @nachristakis: When histories of this period at the @nytimes are written, this letter by @bariweiss will be featured. I disagree with Bari in several topics, but what she has had to put up with is absurd, and deeply hypocritical. 1/ https://www.bariweiss.com/...
Nick Gillespie / @nickgillespie: “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.” The rules of #CancelCulture, by @bariweiss https://www.bariweiss.com/...
Jeff Jarvis / @jeffjarvis: I despise this journalistic conceit: “I was always taught that journalists were charged with writing the first rough draft of history.” What this really means is that journalists ignore history. Journalists think everything that happens is new — thus news.
Jeff Jarvis / @jeffjarvis: “Twitter is not on the masthead of The New York Times,” says Weiss. “But Twitter has become its ultimate editor.” Another way to put this: Readers are the ultimate editor. And I would say they are—especially in the subscription-supported Times.
Jeff Jarvis / @jeffjarvis: And by the way, the cure to The Times coverage of the 2016 election does not rest with bringing in self-declared centrists to write opinion pieces. It should start with an honest assessment of but-her-email. But I digress.
Jeff Jarvis / @jeffjarvis: “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.” Twitter is accused to letting anyone speak but Weiss says the Times doesn't let anyone (i.e., her) speak (though she did). I'm confused
Jeff Jarvis / @jeffjarvis: I can't even parse this: “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.”
Carlos Lozada / @carloslozadawp: The @bariweiss resignation letter is better than the Harper's Letter, further proof that individual voices almost always trump collective pronouncements. #AlwaysACritic https://www.bariweiss.com/...
Jeff Jarvis / @jeffjarvis: Oh, my lord, the hubris: @bariweiss thinks she was the cure to what ails @nytimes. Well, as another infamous Times op-ed put it, the cure was worse than the disease. https://www.bariweiss.com/...
Jack Posobiec / @jackposobiec: Bari Weiss just dropped a tactical nuke on the NY Times' credibility Read this: Resignation Letter — Bari Weiss https://www.bariweiss.com/...
Dave Rubin / @rubinreport: The NY Times just lost its last non-woke public person. While this will be cheered as a victory, it just finalizes the death of the paper itself. I kept warning Bari that the real threat was the far left in that IDW piece and begged her to put it in. She didn't and her we are. https://twitter.com/...

[Thread] Andrew Sullivan says he's leaving New York Magazine and his column will continue elsewhere — This will be my last week at New York Magazine.
Discussion:
@yashar, @sullydish, @eoinhiggins_, New York Post, @sullydish, @glennf, @jackallisonlol, @conor64, @arielelysegold, @karaswisher, @hels, @itsa_talia, @fbeckwith, @jttiehen, @kevinwglass, @ericrweinstein, @jaredlholt, @sullydish, @maggieserota, @tcote, @sullydish, @twolinepass, @mikebarnicle, @balajis, @politicalmath and @viet_t_nguyen
Discussion:
@yashar: Over the past few weeks I've repeatedly heard rumors from sources that Bari Weiss and Andrew Sullivan were going to work on a project together. https://twitter.com/...
Andrew Sullivan / @sullydish: I'm sad because the editors I worked with there are among the finest in the country, and I am immensely grateful to them for vastly improving my work.
Eoin Higgins / @eoinhiggins_: Weiss leaves NYT Shapiro leaving EIC position at Daily Wire Sullivan leaving NYMag They're starting their own outlet https://twitter.com/...
Andrew Sullivan / @sullydish: The underlying reasons for the split are pretty self-evident, and I'll be discussing the broader questions involved in my last column this Friday.
Glenn Fleishman / @glennf: He's moving to Parler. https://twitter.com/...
Conor Friedersdorf / @conor64: And it, too, will now be less ideologically diverse. https://twitter.com/...
Kara Swisher / @karaswisher: @FiveHoleFire @ashton @nhannahjones Btw this was the obvious game the whole time and the noisy letter with only small and complex nuggets of truth thrown in the feint that worked: https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Helen Rosner / @hels: “I was bullied out of my job and that's the story I'm sticking to and how dare you make it seem like this seven-figure check Peter Thiel or whoever is dangling from a stick while riding on my shoulders has anything to do with that”
@itsa_talia: it's great they're joining forces so we can ignore one full outlet instead of portions of two real ones and always the daily wire https://twitter.com/...
Francis J. Beckwith / @fbeckwith: Sad to hear this. I don't always agree with Andrew Sullivan, but he is never not interesting to read. (Yes, It is possible to learn from those with whom one disagrees, a thought that was uncontroversial the day before yesterday) https://twitter.com/...
Justin Tiehen / @jttiehen: Credit to them for getting Noam Chomsky to help with the marketing blitz, if true. Savvy. https://twitter.com/...
@kevinwglass: I think this is good for individuals but bad for the media ecosystem. https://twitter.com/...
Eric Weinstein / @ericrweinstein: Folks want to know why I've neither been talking about the preposterously named “Intellectual Dark Web” nor have I been willing to walk away from it and shut it down as dead. Because it wasn't time yet. It was too early. You're going to want adults back soon enough. You'll see.. https://twitter.com/...
Jared Holt / @jaredlholt: Bari Weiss left the New York Times and now, we learn Andrew Sullivan is leaving New York mag. Unclear if there will be more resignations There's some sort of shakeup happening and the only thing I'm able to guess is that we're going to get some sort of new opinion blog https://twitter.com/...
Andrew Sullivan / @sullydish: I've been preparing for this eventuality, and the column will continue elsewhere. See you on Friday, when I'll detail some exciting news.
Maggie Serota / @maggieserota: Worst album rollout ever. https://twitter.com/...
Andrew Sullivan / @sullydish: I have no beef with my colleagues, many of whom I admire and are friends.
Mike Barnicle / @mikebarnicle: Not good news https://twitter.com/...
Balaji S. Srinivasan / @balajis: Prexit With Sullivan & Weiss both leaving the New York establishment on the same day, there's now an obvious alternative for the smartest folks in media: leave now, on your own terms, to become a founder. Exit the legacy press and do a Substack. Become a personal media brand. https://twitter.com/...
PoliMath / @politicalmath: Yes. This. Do it sooner rather than later, while you can represent a unique voice. Find a beat and become *the* voice on that beat. https://twitter.com/...
Viet Thanh Nguyen / @viet_t_nguyen: New York publications better hire some LA writers. https://twitter.com/...


Guardian to cut workforce by 12%, with 70 jobs to go in editorial and 110 in commercial roles, as revenues are expected to be down by £25M+ on the year's budget — Revenues expected to be down by more than £25m as effects of pandemic hit media industry
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The Guardian: Guardian Media Group plc (GMG) publishes 2019/20 statutory financial results and announces proposals …
@pressgazette: Guardian's loss for the year 2019/2020 is £29m | Revenue down by £1m | Endowment fund down from £1,013m to £954m https://twitter.com/...
Gary Whitta / @garywhitta: I read The @Guardian every day, their news and sport coverage is award-winning and top-notch. They've always resisted being behind a paywall but have a voluntary payment model that I'm happy to contribute to for all I get out of it. If you read it and can afford to, sign up! https://twitter.com/...
Alan White / @aljwhite: this is terrible, and I'm sure it won't be the last bit of bad news the industry faces this year. It felt for a precious couple of years like British media was starting to find its feet again, but Covid has absolutely steamrollered it. https://twitter.com/...
Sangita Myska / @bbcsangita: I'm aware many people loathe journalists but the pandemic & structural shifts in media are leading to massive job cuts (added to the salami slicing sustained by the industry for years). This is a crisis for the industry with reporters & production journalists hit first. #media https://twitter.com/...
Janine Gibson / @janinegibson: It doesn't matter whether you agree with Owen Jones! The Guardian's reporting, editing and journalistic values make it a vital part of UK media and its £££ Trust make it our best hope of a mixed media economy which matters if you care about a widely informed electorate https://twitter.com/...
Tristan Gray / @tristangrayedi: If the @guardian wanted to keep my subscription they could have stopped sheltering and platforming transphobia when their staff spoke out about it, their US branch condemned it, and trans staff members quit in protest. Their decisions cut off that income stream from many of us. https://twitter.com/...
Martin Patience / @martinpatience: Grim, grim, grim and the BBC is expected to announce hundreds of job cuts shortly https://twitter.com/...
Ben Beaumont-Thomas / @ben_bt: This is a critical moment for @guardian. Everyone is feeling the pinch right now but if you read the Guardian and can afford to, please support it. Great news/features journalism costs money - it can't be done through ads alone and still be free online. https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Rasmus Kleis Nielsen / @rasmus_kleis: A few observations - 1) G is premium brand w/reach and volume (7% of all time spend w/online news during #GE19) 2) So most ad-based models will suffer more than them 3) Ads will continue to be important, but less so, and many will try pay/donations, but will work only for few https://twitter.com/...
Jim Waterson / @jimwaterson: Guardian announces plans to cut workforce by 12%, with 70 jobs to go in editorial departments and 110 to go in commercial roles. Revenues had been flat until the pandemic hit, now going to off financial targets by well over £25m. https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: The Guardian's financial outlook is “unsustainable,” so the paper is planning “job cuts in both editorial and commercial roles, as the economic shock caused by the coronavirus pandemic continues to impact the media industry,” @jimwaterson reports https://www.theguardian.com/ ...


NYT is moving part of its Hong Kong office to South Korea after China passed a national security law; some NYT staff in Hong Kong also faced work-permit issues — A sweeping national security law passed by China in June has unsettled news organizations and created uncertainty about the city's prospects as a hub for journalism in Asia.
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The Guardian, Hong Kong Free Press HKFP, @w7voa, @ofarry, @martfack, @tomgrundy, @martfack, @paulbuckhk, CNN, @jbarro, @niccijsmith, @sunnyohhk, @bydanielvictor, @ewong, @jaredadler, The Hill and @hezbolsonaro
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Tom Grundy / Hong Kong Free Press HKFP: New York Times to move a third of Hong Kong staff to Seoul, citing security law and visa trouble
Steve Herman / @w7voa: Digital operation of @nytimes in #HongKong will relocate to Seoul. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Oliver Farry / @ofarry: Tokyo too expensive. Singapore is a four-hour flight from Hong Kong (and six from Beijing) - from a geographical POV, it'd be like putting a Europe bureau in Moscow or Istanbul. https://twitter.com/...
Martin Fackler / @martfack: “South Korea proved attractive, among other reasons, for its friendliness to foreign business, independent press, and its central role in several major Asian news stories.”
Tom Grundy / @tomgrundy: The exodus begins, with a third of NYT's base moving to Seoul. Citing visa trouble, they said #HongKong's security law “created a lot of uncertainty about what the new rules will mean to our operation and our journalism.” https://www.nytimes.com/... They won't be the last to move.
Martin Fackler / @martfack: Concerned about Hong Kong's new security law, @nytimes is moving its Asian news hub to Seoul. Interesting they didn't choose Tokyo, especially given Seoul's vulnerability to the region's other big news story, North Korea. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Paul Buck / @paulbuckhk: ‘There is concern over the ease of obtaining future work permits, a quality that made Hong Kong particularly desirable to foreign companies.’ - New York Times Will Move Part of Hong Kong Office to Seoul https://www.nytimes.com/... #HongKong #Media
James Griffiths / CNN: New York Times moving some staff out of Hong Kong as security law brings media chill
Josh Barro / @jbarro: I think it's interesting they went with Seoul over Tokyo or Singapore. https://twitter.com/...
Nicola Smith / @niccijsmith: The start of a media shift out of Hong Kong that will no doubt grow. A pity they didn't choose to move to Taiwan https://twitter.com/...
Sunny Oh / @sunnyohhk: South Korea, a bastion of journalistic freedom? Same country where the biggest newspaper was founded by Samsung's chairman and where media is notoriously wary of taking on chaebol groups. But I guess independence is all relative. https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Daniel Victor / @bydanielvictor: NYT is moving its digital news operation from Hong Kong to Seoul, with the new national security law creating too many issues to stay. I sure will miss it here https://www.nytimes.com/...
Edward Wong / @ewong: Harbinger of changes among foreign cos. in Hong Kong: @nytimes had its Asia editing hub in HK for years, but is now moving some editors to Seoul because of the new national security law. And some NYT journalists are having trouble w/ work permit renewals. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Jared Adler / @jaredadler: South Korea and Taiwan rank higher than Japan and way higher than Singapore in press freedom https://rsf.org/... https://twitter.com/...
J. Edward Moreno / The Hill: NYT moving part of Hong Kong news operation to Seoul amid crackdown fears
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Media coverage of an opposition research-like statement listing Fauci's alleged errors let anonymous White House officials discredit him with no accountability — Over the weekend, the Washington Post reported that Dr. Anthony Fauci, the veteran director of the National Institute of Allergy …
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Peter Navarro / USA Today: Anthony Fauci has been wrong about everything I have interacted with him on
Matthew Chapman / Raw Story: Warnings of possible cover-up in progress as Trump orders hospitals to stop sending coronavirus data to CDC
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American: July 14, 2020 — This afternoon, Trump held a press conference …
@cjr: “By any metric, the Fauci statement looks like as clear an example as any of an occasion when anonymity should not have been granted. It consisted of disingenuous score-settling utterly inimical to the public interest.” https://www.cjr.org/...
Josh Feldman / Mediaite: White House Adviser Navarro Pens Op-Ed Going After Fauci, Accusing Him of Being ‘Wrong About Everything’
Christina Wilkie / @christinawilkie: Wow. Navarro just ran his oppo dump against Dr Fauci as an op-ed. In 10 yrs covering politics, I've never seen a senior WH official publish a broadside like this against a colleague. Where's Meadows? This is what WH Chiefs of Staff are hired to prevent. https://www.usatoday.com/...
@karlbode: That said I'm so glad that @USATODAY was courageous enough to give a platform to Trump sycophants clearly looking to undermine government health professionals during an historic health crisis with millions of lives in the balance really solid standards there
Ted Lieu / @tedlieu: Dear @realDonaldTrump: You should either fire Peter Navarro, or you should fire Dr. Fauci. But you can't keep confusing the American people with your officials making contradictory statements about covid. It's a ridiculous way to govern. Get your act together. Lives are at stake. https://twitter.com/...
@karlbode: it takes a very special piece of shit to launch a coordinated op/ed smear campaign against medical professionals just because you're mad they're telling the public the truth https://www.usatoday.com/...
Jay Rosen / @jayrosen_nyu: Assisting in the campaign to undermine Fauci is an interesting editorial choice, @usatodayopinion. I'd love to hear you explain it. https://twitter.com/...
Yamiche Alcindor / @yamiche: The White House attack on Dr. Anthony Fauci deepens. White House trade adviser Peter Navarro claims: “Anthony Fauci has been wrong about everything I have interacted with him on.” This is not normal. https://www.usatoday.com/...
Matt Mittenthal / @mattmittenthal: “the Fauci statement looks like as clear an example as any of an occasion when anonymity should not have been granted"-@Jon_Allsop https://www.cjr.org/...
Aaron Rupar / @atrupar: .@Acosta: Why is the WH trashing Fauci anonymously? I thought Trump didn't trust anonymous sources McENANY: Trump noted that Trump has made mistakes ACOSTA: Hasn't Trump made mistakes? He suggested Americans inject disinfectants McENANY: The president stands by his actions https://twitter.com/...


Owners of TV stations reaching about half of US TV homes told NBC they will preempt Thursday's 30 Rock reunion, reasoning it is too much of a Peacock promotion — In a plot twist right out of 30 Rock, NBC's biggest local affiliate groups have decided not to broadcast the network's upcoming …
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Dade Hayes / Deadline: ‘30 Rock’ Reunion Special Won't Air On Majority Of NBC Affiliates As Stations Push Back On Peacock Promo
Joe Flint / @jbflint: You're selling it short. It's not just an infomerical for Peacock. It's an infomercial for USA, Bravo, Syfy, and the rest of the NBCU assets dressed up as a 30 Rock reunion. https://twitter.com/...
Josh Billinson / @jbillinson: A “30 Rock reunion” that was actually produced by NBCUniversal's ad-sales division to serve as a replacement for an upfront presentation to promote Peacock seems like the kind of shameless network stunt 30 Rock would have mocked https://twitter.com/...
Anthony Crupi / @crupicrupicrupi: Understandably less than enthralled with the prospect of airing a one-hour infomercial for an OTT service that likely will cannibalize linear TV audiences, several NBC affiliates are choosing not to air Thursday night's 30 Rock reunion/NBCU upfront pitch. https://www.vulture.com/...
Shannon Miller / The A.V. Club: Many NBC affiliates are skipping the 30 Rock reunion due to heavy Peacock promotion
Joan E. Solsman / CNET: Peacock is free. That may be the streaming service's not-so-secret weapon
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NBCUniversal's Peacock launches Wednesday with a free ad-supported tier offering 10,000+ hours of streaming content and 2 premium levels with double the content — The service will challenge Netflix with a digital version of channel-surfing and lots of what one executive calls “comfort-food TV.”
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Kelsey Sutton / Adweek: What to Expect From Peacock, as NBCUniversal's New Streamer Debuts Nationally
Peter Nickeas / @peternickeas: This is the xzibit meme https://twitter.com/...
Dan Rayburn / @danrayburn: This NYT's piece doesn't get it. Says @peacockTV will “challenge Netflix.” Netflix doesn't have live sports/news, free ad-supported tier, or option for only $5 a month. Most of these services compliment one another, they don't replace each other outright. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Joan E. Solsman / CNET: NBC's Peacock: Prices, launch date, discounts, devices, shows and movies


Sources: Vox Media has told unions to prepare for company-wide layoffs; a source says many of the ~100 workers furloughed in April will be laid off — - Vox Media has informed its unions that it plans to cut jobs as advertising revenue has slumped in the first and second quarters.
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@marc_normandin, @jason, @tcopain, @sherman4949, @ygadinthesix, @natalieweiner, @kerrymflynn, @cariekuehnnews, @ethan_kraft, @gregdool, @levidamien, @fourverts, Awful Announcing, @gwiss, @louisbien, @dennismtracy, @minorleagueball, @bmorrissey, @themaxburns, @hunterhodies, @joshsternberg, @stephaniemlee, @bravokiloactual, @hunterfelt, @simonheseltine and @avinashkunnath
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Marc Normandin / @marc_normandin: I find it very odd that Vox furloughed a bunch of people in sports because sports were postponed, and now sports are back and Vox is like “what if we completely got rid of you instead” https://twitter.com/...
@jason: As I predicted, the media layoffs we watched in March, April & May were the tip of the iceberg—it's going to be ~50% at most brands. Sad to see more coming @voxdotcom, which shut down two of my favorites: @Curbed & @Eater :-( https://www.cnbc.com/... https://twitter.com/...
@tcopain: Yet Matty Y will get to continue spinning “actually Trump telling people to drink bleach is clever” takes for Vox https://twitter.com/...
Alex Sherman / @sherman4949: Scoop: Vox Media has informed its unions of layoffs — will primarily affect those who were furloughed in April who haven't already taken buyout packages. Maybe some others depending on union discussions with Vox this week: https://www.cnbc.com/...
Yusuf Gad / @ygadinthesix: Another victim of the “pivot to video” scam Facebook and Google rolled on media companies. https://twitter.com/...
Natalie Weiner / @natalieweiner: what a mess https://twitter.com/...
Kerry Flynn / @kerrymflynn: Yesterday McClatchy revealed the majority of people furloughed - on “pandemic leave” - would be let go Vox Media is now looking to make a similar move if furloughed staffers didn't already take a buyout, per @sherman4949 https://www.cnbc.com/...
Carie Kuehn / @cariekuehnnews: Journalism is a hard place right now. That being said, remember if you have a local media outlet of any kind, or a publication that you appreciate ... SUPPORT IT. Support the writers, support the brand. Although not perfect, media is important - with no support we lose quality https://twitter.com/...
Ethan Kraft / @ethan_kraft: Vox Media is preparing for layoffs, sources tell @sherman4949. Many of the affected workers will be people that were furloughed in April but didn't take buyouts and work for parts of the company that were hard-hit by the pandemic, like SBNation and Curbed. https://www.cnbc.com/...
Greg Dool / @gregdool: Vox Media has informed its staff unions, incl. that of NY Mag, that company-wide staff cuts are coming, per @sherman4949. https://www.cnbc.com/...
Charles / @fourverts: of course https://twitter.com/...
Andrew Bucholtz / Awful Announcing: Vox Media is reportedly set to announce new cuts, including layoffs of previously-furloughed SB Nation writers
Dr. Greg / @gwiss: Fuck Vox Media https://twitter.com/...
Louis Bien / @louisbien: this is a way bigger story than how much we should be coddling our loudest Very Concerned airhorns https://twitter.com/...
Dennis Tracy / @dennismtracy: Now this is something to actively be upset about, this sucks https://twitter.com/...
John Sickels / @minorleagueball: Not a surprise. I never thought the business model would survive a recession, let alone a catastrophe. https://twitter.com/...
Brian Morrissey / @bmorrissey: This is unfortunate but inevitable. We'll see a second wave of cuts because the first round wasn't deep enough to compensate for the downturns in ad revenue. https://www.cnbc.com/...
Max Burns / @themaxburns: Just terrible news for my friends at @voxmedia. This is such a brutal time to be in media, and we aren't talking enough as an industry about how to address the psychological toll of job stress many people are facing right now. https://twitter.com/...
Josh Sternberg / @joshsternberg: CNBC reporting (https://www.cnbc.com/...) that Vox is about layoff about 100 folks while Vox currently has 20 jobs open on its careers site. https://www.voxmedia.com/...
Stephanie M. Lee / @stephaniemlee: this sucks so much. https://twitter.com/...
BKactual / @bravokiloactual: In 2014-2015 alone, @voxdotcom had investors pour 250 million dollars into their company. And they can't make any money. https://www.cnbc.com/...
Hunter Felt / @hunterfelt: Meanwhile, as the self-martyring antics of the Cancel Culture People continues, the actual silencing continues... https://twitter.com/...


NYT has ten scripted TV show projects in development, and three feature documentaries releasing this year with many other projects in development and production — One of the country's oldest and most established media companies is starting to look more like a Hollywood studio than a traditional newspaper.


Inside the comic book industry's sexual misconduct crisis that has exposed its history of financial exploitation, as allegations against writers have mounted — NO HEROES — The storm of allegations against writers including Warren Ellis and Jason Latour is not a sign that the comics industry is broken.
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@andydiggle, @funrama, @tinytempest, @oliversava, @dcwomenkicknass, @kamigarcia, @thatpetewoods and @jillpantozzi
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Andy Diggle / @andydiggle: If you're an aspiring creator looking to break into the Direct Market comics industry, I urge you to read this article in its entirety. https://www.thedailybeast.com/ ...
Ryan Kelly / @funrama: Great article. It's what I've been saying. So much of the behavior—from abuse and harassment all the way down to petty shunning and ostracizing—is linked to power structures and the fact that the industry is majority unstable freelancers. https://twitter.com/...
@tinytempest: Wow.... WOW. I just hit the line in this article where Warren Ellis responds to accusations by saying: “I've never considered myself famous or powerful... It never occurred to me that other people didn't see it the same way...” WHAT IS THIS BULLSH*T. https://www.thedailybeast.com/ ...
Oliver Sava / @oliversava: Extremely important @thedailybeast piece by @asher_elbein on how June's misconduct allegations are tied to the comic industry's history of exploiting talent and dismissing labor rights issues. A tough, essential read. https://www.thedailybeast.com/ ...
@dcwomenkicknass: Wow, a complete and stunning take down of harassment in comics. Stunning. Read it. https://twitter.com/...
Kami Garcia / @kamigarcia: Glad someone hasn't forgotten Warren Ellis is a sexual predator & abuser who grooms teens. His work is still being released & he has faced no consequences. @thedailybeast https://twitter.com/...


ViacomCBS fires actor and TV host Nick Cannon, after he made anti-Semitic comments on his podcast — In the June 30 episode of “Cannon's Class,” the actor and TV host interviewed Professor Griff, a rapper who was a part of Public Enemy before leaving the group after making anti-Semitic remarks.
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Patrick LaForge / @palafo: The network said that Mr. Cannon had promoted “hateful speech” during a recent episode of “Cannon's Class,” his YouTube podcast. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Amy Spiro / @amyspiro: ViacomCBS said that it reached out to Nick Cannon and was “deeply troubled that Nick has failed to acknowledge or apologize for perpetuating anti-Semitism.” They have effectively fired him from his longrunning VH1 show “Wild 'N Out.” https://variety.com/...
Brendan Morrow / The Week: Nick Cannon fired by ViacomCBS for ‘perpetuating anti-Semitism’


Tucker Carlson failed to mention the substance of Neff's posts, disingenuously claimed Neff's views didn't affect his show, and seemed more angry than regretful — In a brief segment on “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” the host said this: … Carlson's comments cap off a turbulent weekend …
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Scot Lehigh / @globescotlehigh: No one cuts through Tucker Carlson's cant quite so effectively as Erik Wemple: Opinion | Tucker Carlson whitewashes the racism of his show and his former top writer https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Norman Ornstein / @normornstein: . @ErikWemple just eviscerates, systematically, the racist Tucker Carlson for what he is. Wow. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
@abigaildisney: Really Tucker?? Self-righteousness “has its costs”. You must be paying through the nose for yours. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
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On Monday, Tucker Carlson said Blake Neff's racist posts were wrong and that the former staffer has paid a “heavy price”, and announced a pre-planned vacation
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Oliver Darcy / @oliverdarcy: Here's how @TuckerCarlson addressed his former top writer Blake Neff's resignation for having secretly posted racist and sexist material on an online message board. https://twitter.com/...
Matt Wilstein / The Daily Beast: Trevor Noah Exposes ‘Racist’ Tucker Carlson's ‘Long-Planned Vacation’ Excuse
Mediaite: Tucker Carlson Tops Monday Cable News Ratings as He Addresses Head Writer's Resignation; CNN …