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On Double Standards and Deafening Silence
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The aftermath of a blast at the al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza on October 18, 2023. (Photo by Shadi AL-TABATIBI / AFP)
A Nazi sympathizer at The New York Times. Listening to voices from Gaza. Plus: Larry Hogan, Shaun King, and more.
By Bari Weiss
10.24.23 — International
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When I was at The New York Times, an op-ed by a Republican senator led to a crisis at the paper, and the longest editor’s note that I could remember. At least until the one that was published yesterday about the Gaza hospital bombing (more about that in a moment). 

Let’s stick, for a minute, to the brouhaha of June 2020. Perhaps you’ll remember some of t…

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Bari Weiss
Bari Weiss is the founder and editor of The Free Press and host of the podcast Honestly. From 2017 to 2020 Weiss was an opinion writer and editor at The New York Times. Before that, she was an op-ed and book review editor at The Wall Street Journal and a senior editor at Tablet magazine.
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