Bari Weiss
Cory amplifies 9×Anti-censorship and heterodoxy (The Free Press; now CBS News editor-in-chief).
Bari Weiss is a journalist and editor who wrote and edited opinion at The Wall Street Journal and then The New York Times, from which she resigned in July 2020 with a public letter alleging a hostile, conformist newsroom. She founded the independent media company The Free Press and hosts its 'Honestly' podcast. In October 2025, Paramount acquired The Free Press (~$150M) and named Weiss editor-in-chief of CBS News, a role she holds while continuing to run The Free Press.
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From day one, the promise—and the business proposition—of @TheFP was simple: We would marry the quality of the old world to the freedom of the new. We would seek the truth and tell it plainly. And we would treat readers like adults capable of making their own choices. So many
1y ago · 10,138 likes
Shabbat cannot come soon enough this week. I need to sit among other people who love this country and pray. And cry.
1y ago · 18,235 likes
The Department of Justice is investigating the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, a $27 billion program that was part of Joe Biden’s $740 billion Inflation Reduction Act. Created in the spring of 2023, and managed by the Environmental Protection Agency, the fund was supposed to be a
1y ago · 43,790 likes
"You have seen the video of my daughter Naama Levy. Everyone has. You have seen her dragged by her long brown hair from the back of a Jeep at gunpoint, somewhere in Gaza, her gray sweatpants covered in blood. You may have perhaps noticed that her ankles are cut, that she’s
1y ago · 24,030 likes
The strongest case
Healthy public discourse depends on institutions that tolerate dissent and viewpoint diversity rather than enforcing ideological conformity, so building independent journalism that platforms heterodox voices and resists newsroom groupthink is a defense of free inquiry.
And against
Critics contend her 'anti-cancel-culture' framing is applied selectively and underplays her own commitments, and that taking the top editorial job at CBS News while retaining The Free Press raises real questions about independence and corporate conflicts.
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