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Bari Weiss Quits New York Times, Excoriates Paper As 'Performance Space' For Woke Olympics

• https://www.zerohedge.com by Tyler Durden

But the lessons that ought to have followed the election—lessons about the importance of understanding other Americans, the necessity of resisting tribalismand the centrality of the free exchange of ideas to a democratic society—have not been learned. Instead, a new consensus has emerged in the press, but perhaps especially at this paper: that truth isn't a process of collective discovery, but an orthodoxy already known to an enlightened few whose job is to inform everyone else. -Bari Weiss

As a refresher, the Times newsroom erupted in chaos following the decision to publish an Op-Ed by Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AK), in which he suggested that the Trump administration should deploy the military to quell violent race-riots gripping the country following the death of a black suspect while in custody of Minneapolis police.

An internal schism formed within the Times, with younger 'woke' staffers insisting that such 'wrongthink' has no place on the platform, while others defended the decision to publish Cotton's divergent opinion.


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