Fox News contributor Michael Goodwin said ex-opinion columnist Bari Weiss’s scathing letter of resignation to the New York Times is “devastating” to the news organization.
“I have to say that the picture he paints of what is happening there is worse than I suspected,” the New York Post columnist and former head of the New York Times office told “Fox & Friends.”
“What she describes is bullying, harassment, and anti-Semitism. Attacking her all the time to the face, behind her back in these chat rooms. It is quite striking.
“She also describes how the publisher did nothing about it. The top editors did nothing about it, but privately encouraged and praised her for her bravery, and she said, “Why does it take bravery to go to work in a newsroom?”
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Weiss announced Tuesday that he would leave the Gray Lady, saying she was intimidated by colleagues in an “illiberal environment.” Weeks earlier, she said there was a “civil war” in the newsroom.
“Sadly I am writing to tell you that I am resigning from the New York Times,” Weiss wrote.
Later, Weiss explained that she joined the newspaper in 2017 to help offer a different perspective, as the “fact that the Times did not anticipate the outcome of the 2016 election meant that it did not have a clear idea of the country it covers.” and corrected that problem was critical.
Weiss later wrote that “Twitter is not at the head of The New York Times,” but social media is acting as the last editor.
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Goodwin said The New York Times does “bullying its own staff as it is for the outside world.”
“Demonizing and demanding that we all agree with The New York Times. Well, that’s what they do at home, too, “Goodwin said.
Goodwin rejected the Times editor’s claim that the media will continue to voice views from across the political spectrum, arguing that they “have a mob mentality there.”
“No, that is not what they have been doing at all. This editor who made that statement is an acting opinion editor, “Goodwin said.” He replaced the man who was fired who dared to publish Tom Cotton’s essay on why he supported President Trump’s call to bring the US military to the cities that were being devastated. for riots. “
