The editor-in-chief of the New York Times described Bari Weiss, a former colleague who founded the independent news organization The Free Press, as saying, “She had one note and she played it over and over again.” “It continues to be played,” he said.
Weiss also “lacks a commitment to deeper reporting.” [at the Times] “And there’s also a willingness to look at issues from a kind of 360-degree perspective that you wouldn’t think existed if you were just reading the Bari Weiss edition.”All about The New York Times’ global newsroom operations said director Joe Kahn. semaphores.
Weiss, who worked as an opinion writer and editor at the NY Times from 2017 to 2020, founded The Free Press in January 2021 to expand on his Substack newsletter titled “Common Sense.”
Despite the criticism, Khan admitted to Semaphore that he still reads the Free Press.
Khan added of Weiss, “She’s built an entire media organization around the fight, and what she sees is excessive coverage in places like the New York Times,” adding that the site still has “valuables.” He pointed out that there were “reports that
“I think there are some things they’re doing that are worth noting. Do you think she’s right? [Times]? Not really, no. ”
Weiss posted her resignation letter From the New York Times news agency website.
In it, the 40-year-old journalist criticized the newspaper’s inability to predict the outcome of the 2016 election, saying that it “means the paper doesn’t have a firm grasp of the countries it covers.” Ta.
“The lessons that were supposed to be learned after the election, about the importance of understanding other Americans, the need to resist tribalism, and the importance of the free exchange of ideas in a democratic society, are still being learned. It has not been disclosed,” Weiss wrote. “Twitter has become the ultimate editor,” and the New York Times has become “a kind of performance space,” he said.
Weiss did not immediately respond to The Post’s request for comment.
Asked about the upcoming election in November and whether it was his job to help Joe Biden win a rematch against Republican candidate Donald Trump, Khan said that the New York Times is a democracy’s “A pillar,” but not a tool of power. To semaphor.
However, Khan acknowledged that the newspaper gave a “much more favorable view of Mr. Biden’s conduct on foreign policy during these difficult times than the public believes in polling.”
“I think you’ll get a very favorable picture of him as a person,” Khan said, adding, “His real commitment to national security. His deep involvement in the Ukraine war with Russia. NATO. building or rebuilding. And then there’s the very difficult task of managing Israel,” Semaphore said.
“Based on the facts that we’ve reported, I think the public actually believes that Mr. Biden is responsible for these wars, which is ridiculous,” Khan added, noting that readers should read the New York・He pointed out that the Times would not mention much about Biden’s age.
According to AllSides, which measures news organizations’ perceived political bias, the Times is left-leaning, meaning its content is “aligned with liberal, progressive, or left-wing ideas and policy agendas.”
Free Press, on the other hand, is unbiased and is classified as “moderate” by AllSides standards.
