NYT Editor/Writer DROP KICKS The Paper In Her Resignation Letter.

WOW.

WOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOW.

Have you read Bari Weiss’s resignation letter? 

You guys.  It’s absolutely epic.  And I don’t know about y’all, but it kinda sorta seems like she’s planning a lawsuit.  Which would also be absolutely epic.

You need to read the whole thing at the sourcelink, but here are my favorite parts:

Twitter is not on the masthead of The New York Times. But Twitter has become its ultimate editor. As the ethics and mores of that platform have become those of the paper, the paper itself has increasingly become a kind of performance space. Stories are chosen and told in a way to satisfy the narrowest of audiences, rather than to allow a curious public to read about the world and then draw their own conclusions. I was always taught that journalists were charged with writing the first rough draft of history. Now, history itself is one more ephemeral thing molded to fit the needs of a predetermined narrative.

Yup. Many of us have watched the NYT cave to the rage mob.  They’ve been utterly castrated by that mob.  Bari also talks about the harassment she faced:

My own forays into Wrongthink have made me the subject of constant bullying by colleagues who disagree with my views. They have called me a Nazi and a racist; I have learned to brush off comments about how I’m “writing about the Jews again.” Several colleagues perceived to be friendly with me were badgered by coworkers. My work and my character are openly demeaned on company-wide Slack channels where masthead editors regularly weigh in. There, some coworkers insist I need to be rooted out if this company is to be a truly “inclusive” one, while others post ax emojis next to my name. Still other New York Times employees publicly smear me as a liar and a bigot on Twitter with no fear that harassing me will be met with appropriate action. They never are.

There are terms for all of this: unlawful discrimination, hostile work environment, and constructive discharge. I’m no legal expert. But I know that this is wrong.

Of course it’s wrong.  But the woke scolders don’t care about what is right and wrong anymore, nor do they care about journalism standards. And this is what has led to NYT’s downfall.

I do not understand how you have allowed this kind of behavior to go on inside your company in full view of the paper’s entire staff and the public. And I certainly can’t square how you and other Times leaders have stood by while simultaneously praising me in private for my courage. Showing up for work as a centrist at an American newspaper should not require bravery.

But it is now.  It’s an act of bravery for ANYONE who goes against groupthink to express their views for fear of being canceled.

Op-eds that would have easily been published just two years ago would now get an editor or a writer in serious trouble, if not fired. If a piece is perceived as likely to inspire backlash internally or on social media, the editor or writer avoids pitching it. If she feels strongly enough to suggest it, she is quickly steered to safer ground. And if, every now and then, she succeeds in getting a piece published that does not explicitly promote progressive causes, it happens only after every line is carefully massaged, negotiated and caveated.

Wow.

As places like The Times and other once-great journalistic institutions betray their standards and lose sight of their principles, Americans still hunger for news that is accurate, opinions that are vital, and debate that is sincere. I hear from these people every day. “An independent press is not a liberal ideal or a progressive ideal or a democratic ideal. It’s an American ideal,” you said a few years ago. I couldn’t agree more. America is a great country that deserves a great newspaper.

And she concluded:

I’ve always comforted myself with the notion that the best ideas win out. But ideas cannot win on their own. They need a voice. They need a hearing. Above all, they must be backed by people willing to live by them.

This is an amazing repudiation of the NYT’s current journalistic practices, and it needs to be shared far and wide.  Bari isn’t a right winger.  She’s conservative on some issues and liberal on others.  She’s more of a centrist than anything.

But she just exposed the NYT for what it has become, and that took courage.  Make sure to read her full piece.