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Bari Weiss Leaves New York Times

July 14, 2020 at 11:49 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Bari Weiss, a writer and editor for the New York Times Opinion section, announced she is leaving the paper in a public resignation letter.

“Twitter is not on the masthead of The New York Times. But Twitter has become its ultimate editor.”

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