Bari Weiss' resignation a sign of narrowing views at New York Times
Bari Weiss has resigned from The New York Times. When the management of The Times decided it was missing something about a large segment of America after the shock of Hillary’s defeat in 2016, editorial page editor James Bennet brought her in to offer a perspective that was, by Times standards at least, conservative.
Bari Weiss Resigns from The New York Times
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Breaking down the controversial resignation of New York Times opinion writer Bari Weiss
Normally, an opinion editor/writer resigning from The New York Times would be newsworthy mostly in just media circles. The fact that it was controversial writer Bari Weiss who stepped away on Tuesday made the news more notable.
It became a blockbuster story once her resignation letter became public. In a scathing criticism of the Times, Weiss laid out both personal and professional grievances that questioned the integrity and politics of the Times and became the latest saga to rock the Times’ Opinion section.
There’s a lot to break down here, and I’ll go over it in pieces.