[gz5]

we'll need more facts but if there is substance to this then the reaction from Bari Weiss (now cbs news editor-in-chief and a long-time public advocate of free speech) and team will be interesting.

[Avshalom]

It will not be interesting because she has never been an advocate of free speech.

[datsci_est_2015]

Either the OP was being sarcastic or they’re unaware of the difference between free speech and Free Speech™

[droopyEyelids]

She has always and consistently advocated for free speech when it was beneficial to her or her allies/benefactors

[7402]

She has defended free speech disliked by both the left and the right on occasions.

She famously left the NY Times after defending the publication of a contrarian op-ed by (Republican) Sen. Tom Cotton.

https://www.npr.org/2025/10/06/nx-s1-5563786/bari-weiss-cbs-...

Although apparently not a fan of Jimmy Kimmel as a comedian, her Free Press objected to his suspension. "... the FCC’s coercion undermines our most fundamental values"

https://www.thefp.com/p/jawboning-and-jimmy-kimmel-free-spee...

And on the same topic, the FP editors wrote: "At last, something we can all agree on: Pam Bondi has no idea what she's talking about."

https://www.thefp.com/p/pam-bondi-vs-the-first-amendment-fre...

For president, she has voted for Mitt Romney, Hillary Clinton, and Joe Biden.

It's fair to call her a centrist.

[hypersoar]

Bari Weiss cut her teeth in college trying to get professors fired for criticizing Israel. She's hardly an advocate for free speech.

[nebula8804]

Maybe he was being sarcastic.

[adamors]

Bari Weiss is not a long-time anything, she ran a blog for a couple of years and has been appointed head of CBS to run it into the ground.

[giraffe_lady]

Will it? Weiss seems to understands her role here very well. Her competence at it is still in question but she is consistent. CBS is state media now, she'll say what she's expected to say.

[Hikikomori]

So she'll allow criticism of Israel then?

[coldpie]

> a long-time public advocate of free speech

What? I thought she was associated with & supported by Republicans.