Bari Weiss is the biggest hypocrite in media.
Posted by OuTiNNYC@reddit | tulsi | View on Reddit | 24 comments
Disclaimer: To be clear the views I’ve expressed in this post are my own. The Tulsi camp, in their grace, have never mentioned this interview or said a negative word about Bari Weiss or The Free Press.
This interview was five years ago but every year that passes that Bari Weiss refuses to acknowledge it, Bari is losing her credibility and exposing herself as the biggest hypocrite in media (including the mainstream media.)
Why is no one in independent media talking about this?
During this interview in 2019 Bari Weiss was still a prominent columnist for The New York Times until she quit in protest in 2020 and started the The Free Press precisely to (supposedly) reject this kind of dishonest cancel culture and baseless partisan slander that Bari is doing to Tulsi in this interview.
It’s relevant now in 2024 bc we’ve reached the end of another presidential election cycle and not only has Bari never apologized to Tulsi Gabbard but Bari has seemingly black listed Tulsi from The Free Press. For no other reason than that Bari bruised her own ego in her Rogan interview and clearly doesnt have the guts or professionalism to look Tulsi in the eye.
Bari Weiss is actually being worse than the mainstream media towards Tulsi at this point. The New York Times and the rest of the media establishment have seemed to relent on their cancel campaign towards Tulsi since she came back onto the scene as an Independent. NYT and WaPo are actually keeping up with Tulsi’s political progression in a mostly respectful way (for now at least.)
Yet, Bari appears to be holding onto cancel culture campaign against Tulsi from when Bari was still at the NYT.
Because The Free Press hasnt written one word about Tulsi since their founding. Not one word about Tulsi’s rise from the Democrat Party ashes to become one of the most popular political figures in the country. FP was mum about Tulsi advising Trump on debate prep. FP conspicuously ignored HLS putting Tulsi on the Terrorist Watch the day after Kamala announced her candidacy.
Tulsi has been left out of Free Press debates, interviews, podcasts, round table discussions etc.
Everyone makes mistakes. But, when Bari lionizes herself and laps up praise from others as this trail blazer in independent media, fighting against the dishonest, group think cancel culture of the mainstream media— A true leader would take accountability for the part they took in dishonest slander campaigns. Esp when Bari was trying to baselessly slander Tulsi in front of Joe Rogan’s 40 million person audience.
I don’t know how Bari looks herself in the mirror with this interview in her rearview. I would be mortified and have to move to a desert island and change my name if this were me. Actually no, I would just apologize publicly and use myself as an example in reestablishing integrity and accountability in journalism. That’s what a leader does. But Bari is so petty she’s snubbing Tulsi Gabbard now?
If anyone isn’t familiar with Bari and wants more videos of Bari lauding herself as the savior of honesty in the media- I’ll post below. I just dont want to information overload this post.
Moonbeam_86@reddit
Glenn Greenwald just did a whole breakdown of this.
https://youtu.be/tj9-cAxykmw?si=Tiq75owu1XwjsWMo
Bari is kinda like Dave Rubin — going through an evolution. Dave is further along. I think Bari is held back because her wife is still pretty left-leaning (or at least it seems that way, reading her weekly TGIF column).
I think she’s learning. This is a long time ago in her political walk. Maybe she will apologize.
OuTiNNYC@reddit (OP)
Oh cool! Thanks so much for sharing the Green Greenwald video. I didnt see it.
And to your point, I understand we shouldn’t hold people’s past against them. If she wd have been talking about cooking or reality TV or sports it wouldn’t be an issue bc those arent part of her canonically.
But, Bari’s has built an entire media empire to (allegedly) stand up against precisely what she’s doing to Tulsi here. Bari lionizes herself as the de facto leader in the “anti cancel culture community.” So, as a leader she should hold herself accountable for the part she played in it.
If she had an ounce of integrity she wd have apologized to Tulsi the day she left NYT. The whole FP model is to have interviews and debates and discussions. The FP would be a perfect forum for them to have hashed this out. Bari has had others on she doesnt agree with. But Bari clearly can’t stomach it. This is why it’s still relevant. The FP has seemingly blacklisted Tulsi this entire time bc Bari bruised her own ego. Principled AND professional. /s
As far as I know (correct me if I’m wrong.) But I don’t think Dave Rubin baselessly slandered someone and then didnt apologize. And a lot of journalists who have left the Democrat Party have gone back and publicly apologized. And those people don’t even pat themselves on the back about it like Bari does.
And lastly in the first comment above I put some links to a few interviews showing how Bari just laps up praise from interviewers and it’s nauseating considering she has never addressed this Tulsi thing.
Here’s an example at minute 40:19
https://youtu.be/jx8h6O0o0aQ?si=XqaEMvdHMUdly6_p
edit: I stand corrected the FP has finally* written about Tulsi for the first time in FOUR years. Naturally it’s a hit piece. And naturally Bari didnt have the spine to write it herself.
Moonbeam_86@reddit
No, you're right - if Dave Rubin wronged anybody, he certainly fessed up to it.
I recently grew more wary of trusting Free Press stuff (the stuff I can read, as I'm not a subscriber). My main reason was that they hired a reporter who is a straight-up communist. His name is River Page. He used to appear on the Pirate Wires podcast. I don't trust him.
All that to say more clearly: Bari should apologize. Maybe she will.
Abi_giggles@reddit
Did anyone else catch that Jamie seemed annoyed with her treating him like a bell boy asking him to look everything up for her? Like girl, you’re the one using words you don’t know and pulling shit out of your actual ass.
OuTiNNYC@reddit (OP)
Yes, I completely noticed! Like she was trying to get Jamie to help her bash Tulsi unfairly. She was considered if Jamie didnt want to be involved in her smear campaign against a combat veteran.
Good point.
rubistiko@reddit
Makes accusations, doesn’t back up with facts. Says words for which doesn’t understand the meaning. Sounds like a pretty good woke journalist to me. 🤷🏼♂️
mooseLimbsCatLicks@reddit
Shes not woke she’s a huge Zionist neocon type. One of those free speech except about Israel types
Silent-Brilliance98@reddit
A Zionist supports the existence of a Jewish state in Israel and the right of Jewish people to self-determination in their historic homeland. Anyone who uses this as a derogatory word is anti-Jew and a racist.
Silent-Brilliance98@reddit
This is racism.
Illin_Spree@reddit
Glenn Greenwald put out an interesting vid on this.
Surely "Zionist neocons" are "woke" in the pejorative sense of the word. But more broadly, the "anti-woke" grift broadly aligns with the Zionist agenda insofar as people invested in "woke" ideology entrenched in liberal institutions wouldn't get on board with Zionism, so it's necessary for them to find a reason to root people out. "The Free Press" is just more obvious about this than most.
OuTiNNYC@reddit (OP)
I think they were being sarcastic. 😊
Cissnowflake@reddit
"Biggest hypocrite in media"?
Dude, come on. Come up with a lie that is at least somewhat believable.
traeville@reddit
“1A except for Israel”
OuTiNNYC@reddit (OP)
I dont know what that means?
traeville@reddit
She speaks of being censored at nyt; sets herself as diehard 1A — then celebrates censoring people for political speech critiquing Israeli govt. she’s a hack.
geositeadmin@reddit
Great clips. Bari Weiss should be so embarrassed, even 5yrs later. Best part is when Joe says he really likes her and enjoyed talking to her. You can see the gears spinning in Bari"s head. "Wait, she's already been on this show and people know who she really is?"
OuTiNNYC@reddit (OP)
Right! That’s the moment shit gets real. The part that gets me is when Joe says they probably should look it up before bashing Tulsi without literally any information and Bari’s like “Well, I have read it. Like it’s proven… it’s known about her.”
sundubone@reddit
Calls her this "Assad Toady" but "I don't remember the details"
LOL what a dumb idiotic moron.
myadvicegetsmebeaten@reddit
Bari Weiss is a rebel, but only by establishment media standards. She essentially is a New York establishment journalist except that she backs Israel and Jewish concerns 100% and got burned because of it when the NYT moved away from that aspect.
She is useful to read occasionally, but usually I unsubscribed from TFP when I saw she adds little value.
OuTiNNYC@reddit (OP)
Yeah I think The FP has had some important stories exposing the mainstream media and woke culture. But it’s becoming more and more like the MSM everyday.
33spacecowboys@reddit
This is why most people dislike the legacy media. It’s the convenient lies.
OuTiNNYC@reddit (OP)
But thats the thing. When she left legacy media and started The Free Press she should have acknowledged what she did in this interview and taken accountability. Hugely hypocritical not to.
OuTiNNYC@reddit (OP)
Ok. Not required watching lol But for anyone interested here’s some short video clips that show Bari in a title wave of hypocrisy like the world has never seen. Post NYT so after Rogan interview.
Video #1 Bari Weiss calling the NYT “cowardly.” As if she’s not. https://youtu.be/sflU_OY5CvQ?si=qDI7VL5l_kVxUPeR
Video #2 Bari explaining exactly what she’s doing to Tulsi Gabbard without the self awareness to even realize it. https://youtube.com/shorts/vmbyf3HDiK8?si=UCQnf71rmDWpTwFA
Video #3 Bari Weiss describing herself again without even realizing. https://youtube.com/shorts/e1v_T43MpoQ?si=GXLA2bLxogiqqknJ
Video #4 Megyn Kelly interviews Bari Weiss and her wife Nellie Bowels. (Nellie Bowels wrote a dishonest hit piece on Tulsi in 2017 while Nellie was still at NYT.)
Minute Marker 40:19. This entire interview is nauseating given Bari and Nellie’s history. But at minute marker 40:19 Bari makes this big declaration like she’s going to own up to some of her underhandedness from her days at NYT. All Bari says is that she “didnt back [her friend] soon enough.” Then goes on to explain how much [her friend] would defend her though if she was there. It gives the air of “I’m too generous…” or “I work too hard.”
https://youtu.be/jx8h6O0o0aQ?si=XqaEMvdHMUdly6_p
Journalists need to do their job next time Bari is interviewed and demand she acknowledge the Tulsi situation. Or this entire independent media movement is full of shit.
workitloud@reddit
It is her venomous hatred of the Hindu faith. Virulent racism is evident. Should be named and shamed for racism, brigading, and outright journalistic pathology.