The Day the New York Times Died

New York Times editor Bari Weiss announced Tuesday she is leaving the paper, issuing a blistering resignation letter that some feel proves the Gray Lady is censoring diversity of thought.

Weiss published the resignation letter she sent to Times publisher A.G. Sulzberger on her personal website, saying, "Showing up for work as a centrist at an American newspaper should not require bravery." She wrote she was bullied by colleagues in an "illiberal environment,” “Stories are chosen and told in a way to satisfy the narrowest of audiences” and "intellectual curiosity” is a liability at the Times, among a variety of other devastating feedback.

Bozell doesn’t think the once-proud Times can restore credibility with its current leadership, pointing to the paper caving to social media backlash as evidence.

“I thought the most salient observation she made was to declare that it’s Twitter that is leading the news today, that reporters are looking at their Twitter feeds and determining what is or isn’t news based on that silly contraption,” Bozell said. “Twitter is ablaze with radical leftist propaganda which the New York Times is then taking as news.”

Last month, Weiss offered insight about the internal battle among her colleagues following the publishing of an op-ed written by Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark. that sparked a major backlash from its own staff with many taking to Twitter with their concerns and grievances.

“Twitter hated what Senator Cotton had to say, and therefore, The New York Times genuflected,” Bozell said. “She is making the salient point that journalism is dead at The New York Times and it’s been replaced by censorship that is controlled by radicals.”

“She is making the salient point that journalism is dead at The New York Times and it’s been replaced by censorship that is controlled by radicals.” - Brent Bozell

After backlash for running Cotton's piece, the Times eventually offered a mea culpa and Editorial Page Editor James Bennet resigned as a result, all while Weiss claimed that a "civil war" was brewing within the paper.

“Weiss hit the nail on the head when she said that Twitter has become the editor of the Times. The paper’s treatment of the Tom Cotton op-ed was proof that it is only interested in placating the online mob that wishes to silence its political opponents,” Spectator USA Washington editor Amber Athey told Fox News, noting that her publication recently advertised it is “not” the New York Times.

Weiss’ resignation quickly lit up Twitter, where many were aghast that she would blowtorch bridges on her way out the door.

While some were shocked by Weiss’ scathing letter, Cornell Law School professor and media critic William A. Jacobson feels anyone paying attention to the Gray Lady should have known the paper has a lefty agenda.

"Liberalism at the NY Times is illiberal and intolerant. Water also is wet. Bari Weiss confirms what conservatives already knew, but liberals like Weiss previously refused to see,” Jacobson told Fox News. “The vicious social justice warfare culture has moved from campus to newsrooms, and there is no place for old-fashioned liberals like Weiss.”

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