Tom addressed the latest Bari Weiss scandal below but I wanted to bring that excerpt from one of her whines about The NY Times to your attention. She left the paper’s editorial page in a huff screaming that they were inhibiting her free speech, pushing a woke agenda and creating self-censorship.
Now she is the head of CBS News and guess what? Brian Stelter tweeted this:
Here’s what Bari Weiss said on the CBS 9am call, per a source who transcribed it:
“I want to say something about trust: our trust for each other and our trust with the public. The only newsroom I’m interested in running is one in which we are able to have contentious disagreements about the thorniest editorial matters with respect, and, crucially, where we assume the best intent of our colleagues. Anything else is absolutely unacceptable.
I held a 60 Minutes story because it was not ready. While the story presented powerful testimony of torture at CECOT, it did not advance the ball—the Times and other outlets have previously done similar work. The public knows that Venezuelans have been subjected to horrific treatment at this prison. To run a story on this subject two months later, we need to do more. And this is 60 Minutes. We need to be able to get the principals on the record and on camera. Our viewers come first. Not the listing schedule or anything else. That’s my north star and I hope it’s yours, too.”
Principals on the record? They refused to comment which means that if the White House ignores you, you can’t run a story. (Weiss is not a journalist and knows nothing about journalism ethics and practices.)
And who did she think should be included in the story anyway? The NY Times reports:
Ms. Weiss first saw the segment on Thursday and raised numerous concerns to “60 Minutes” producers about Ms. Alfonsi’s segment on Friday and Saturday, and she asked for a significant amount of new material to be added, according to three people familiar with the internal discussions.
One of Ms. Weiss’s suggestions was to include a fresh interview with Stephen Miller, a White House deputy chief of staff and the architect of Mr. Trump’s immigration crackdown, or a similarly high-ranking Trump administration official, two of the people said. Ms. Weiss provided contact information for Mr. Miller to the “60 Minutes” staff.
No doubt she has him on speed dial. (I actually agree that they should include the reptilian Miller to spew the grotesque, eliminationist swill he spews on Fox News and Twitter to a different audience as long as Weiss allows them to fact check him. I suspect a lot of them don’t know what kind of a monster is in charge of this immigration policy.)
And how about this?
Ms. Weiss also questioned the use of the term “migrants” to describe the Venezuelan men who were deported, noting that they were in the United States illegally, two of the people said.
What should they be called, Bari? Vermin? Parasites? I’m sure your good pal Miller has some ideas about that.
The utter lack of self-awareness in these people is just mind boggling. I know the Republicans and the MAGA cultists don’t understand or care about hypocrisy. But these supposed free speech warriors are something else. Are they just stupid or simply red pilled to the point of delusion?
If you currently subscribe to Paramount, you might want to think about cancelling. Corporations seem to care a little bit about this although now that it’s owned by a fascist multi billionaire maybe not.
And by the way, this isn’t the first time she’s put her thumb on the scale for Dear Leader:
This woman made her name as a proud defender of unfettered free speech and anti-woke ideology. She’s not the only one. (cough** Matt Taibbi ** cough) And now this ridiculously under qualified crank is destroying CBS through censorship and intimidation in favor of the authoritarian president.
You CANNOT make this shit up. If this is an elaborate plot to make us lose our minds, it’s pretty clever.
Happy Hollandaise, everyone.