The US presidential race is truly kicking into gear, with President Joe Biden dropping out and the attempted assassination of Donald Trump just two recent bombshells. It’s no wonder our thoughts are turning to the journalists who cover the wild ride that US politics often is – and who sometimes end up embroiled in controversy themselves. Bari Weiss gained prominence after dramatically resigning from The New York Times in July 2020, posting a scathing, 1,500-word resignation letter online, alleging a “hostile work environment” where she was subject to “constant bullying”.
She went on to start her own media company, The Free Press, which she billed as a more objective answer to what she has described as the excessive “wokeism” in today’s mainstream media. {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"ImageObject","caption":"Bari Weiss is a political journalist in the US.
Photo: @bariweiss/X","url":"https://img.i-scmp.com/cdn-cgi/image/fit=contain,width=1024,format=auto/sites/default/files/d8/images/canvas/2024/07/22/07cdf9b6-256f-4794-8442-c5913b90ed1e_90be60db.
jpg"} Bari Weiss is a political journalist in the US. Photo: @bariweiss/X She’s married to fellow former Times reporter Nellie Bowles, who released Morning After the Revolution: Dispatches from the Wrong Side of History in May. The book details her experience at the publication as well as her views on the changing social, political and media landscapes in the US.
So just who is Bari Weiss and why is she s.