Free Press: Laundering Anti‑Woke Arguments

David Klion is a contributing editor at Jewish Currents and columnist at The Nation. In this conversation with host Daniel Spielberger, Klion discusses how Bari Weiss went from a polarizing opinion writer to the editor-in-chief of CBS News. Klion breaks down the origins of Weiss’s reactionary politics and analyzes her plan to transform CBS News.  

Read Klion’s deep-dive into Bari Weiss’s career: https://www.theguardian.com/media/ng-interactive/2025/sep/10/bari-weiss-cbs

Other articles cited:

• https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/01/26/inside-bari-weisss-hostile-takeover-of-cbs-news
• https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/bari-weiss-cbs-news-comeback-new-york-return.html
• https://www.thenation.com/article/society/harpers-letter-free-speech-trump/
• https://www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/online-only/have-we-learned-nothing/

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