"Bari Weiss, CBS News' new editor-in-chief, is an out queer media figure who asserts herself as a moderate voice in an increasingly polarized media environment, especially around cancel culture and Israel's ongoing military actions against Palestinians. However, her past work with her publication, The Free Press, reveals a clear transphobic streak that has opposed the right for trans children to seek gender-affirming care and the right for trans female athletes to participate in girls' and women's sports."
"Bari Weiss was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1984 as the eldest of four sisters. Weiss is Jewish and, as a self-described Zionist, after graduating high school, attended a gap year program where she helped build a medical clinic, studied at a feminist yeshiva and Hebrew University in Jerusalem. She attended Columbia University in New York City, where she claimed to have dated future Saturday Night Live star Kate McKinnon."
Bari Weiss is the new CBS News editor-in-chief and an out queer media figure who presents herself as a moderate in a polarized media environment, particularly on cancel culture and Israel's military actions against Palestinians. Her past work with The Free Press has opposed gender-affirming care for trans youth and barred trans female athletes from girls' and women's sports, and supported influential groups and individuals spreading transphobic viewpoints and policies. Personal background includes birth in Pittsburgh in 1984, Jewish identity, self-described Zionism, a gap year in Jerusalem, Columbia University attendance, mixed voting history, and mixed LGBTQ+ allyship.
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