Defector Funbag: Reader asks about journalism at CBS News amid Bari Weiss hires
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Drew Magary
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Summary
A Defector Funbag reader writes in asking about the state of journalism at CBS News following Bari Weiss's hiring of another controversial columnist. The writer draws a parallel to Defector's own experience of leaving a larger media organization to start their own independent site, and asks for insight on what it's like for journalists who remain at legacy media institutions facing similar turmoil.
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You and the Defector group went through something similar and ultimately made the daring (and necessary) flip to owning your own site, so you have experience.
Time for your weekly edition of the Defector Funbag. Got something on your mind? Email the Funbag.
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