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I think for the newsletter this week I may try to write something about the New York Times. Please do subscribe if you possibly can. Our members are the backbone of our funding, absolutely essential to keeping us going. www.assignedmedia.org/newsletter

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In 2023, long before Weiss-hating was cool, I wrote this piece for Assigned asking "What is Bari Weiss' Free Press?" I concluded that it wasn't a news organization but something designed to look like one while pushing a right wing political agenda. www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...

What is Bari Weiss’ “Free Pres...

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For the newsletter this week, I want to tackle the question "What is the New York Times?" in a similar spirit - laying aside what we're all supposed to "know" the New York Times is and asking what is it, currently?