Commentariat & Media

*Harper’s Letter*
When 150 Writers and Academics Signed Letter Condemning Cancel Culture, Liberal and Leftist
Writers Condemned Cancel Culture (With Obligatory Anti-Trump Nod)
The letter has some anti-Trump anti-conservative rhetoric early on despite the fact that these
issues are all coming from the far left. JK Rowling is among the writers and Noam Chomsky is
among the others who have signed the letter (Harpers).
From John Sexton: Despite all the throat clearing about the right, it’s really the popularity of this
new cancel culture on the left that is the main target. The more the left tries to mainstream these
ideas the more people on the left split off and criticize them for doing so. The first wave of people
rejecting it became the Intellectual Dark Web. Now you have another, larger wave of people, most
of whom are progressives, who are expressing concern about the recent rise of cancel culture (Hot
Air).
From Ted Cruz: Signs of the apocalypse: Never in my life have I agreed with Noam Chomsky. On
anything (Twitter).
From Tim Carney: I kinda thought the Harpers letter was pointless. Then it instantly outed
everyone who WANTS there to be a climate of fear. So it was a great service (Twitter).
From JK Rowling: I was very proud to sign this letter in defense of a foundational principle of a
liberal society: open debate and freedom of thought and speech (Twitter).
Open Letter Endorsing Free Speech Sparks Civil War at Vox
William Shatner spots irony traveling at warp speed in what some signers of Harper’s ‘open letter
against cancel culture’ did after seeing who else signed
About The Professor Who Had Her Name Removed From The Harper’s Letter
Trans Activists Among Those Furious Over Letter Condemning Cancel Culture Believing,
somehow, it was “transphobic” (Fox News).
The online left, which can’t decide whether left-wing censorship is a myth invented by its enemies
or a necessary tactic for destroying them, erupted at the betrayal. It wasn’t long before the
renunciations began. Jennifer Finney Boylan, a frequent New York Times contributor who had
signed the letter, pleaded for forgiveness on Twitter. She had not realized that not all the
signatories were of the caliber of the socialist intellectual Noam Chomsky, she wrote. “The
consequences,” she added, “are mine to bear. I am so sorry” (WSJ).
And the New York Times has declared saying someone doesn’t love their country is “nativist” (The
Federalist).
Transgender Vox Writer: Colleague’s Signature on Freedom of Expression Letter ‘Makes Me Feel
Less Safe’
Leftists Condemn Chomsky for Defending Free Speech
Leftists Freak Out After Noam Chomsky and Other Liberal Voices Declare Support for Free Speech

Bari Weiss
Media Suppressed Bari Weiss Resignation
The Conspicuous Fatuousness of the Harper’s Letter
Open Letter Critical of ‘Cancel Culture’ Should Be Applauded, Not Canceled
To Stop Canceling People Like Bari Weiss, Do What J.K. Rowling Did
Bari Weiss: “Jewish values are bigger than any fancy title’
A New York Times Columnist Falls to the Cancel Culture
What she wrote does not devalue the work of Nicholas Kristof or Bret Stephens or other writers
who remain on those pages. But, combined with the absurd hysteria surrounding the op-ed last
month by Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), the paper’s crisis — and its shrinking bubble — is fully
revealed. The limited worldview that Weiss described inside the newspaper will asphyxiate
everyone left behind and poison those for whom it is their only source of intellectual
nourishment (Washington Post). From Seth Mandel: The reactions from a disturbing portion of
the left press to the revelations about Bari–that she was harassed out of the NY Times by rank
antisemitic bullying–has been more rank antisemitism (Twitter).
NY Times Opinion Editor Bari Weiss Resigns After ‘Constant Bullying by Colleagues’; Weiss cited a
“hostile work environment” and blamed the Times’ publisher for allowing it
Bari Weiss: ‘Twitter is editing the New York Times’

NY-Times
NY Times praises ‘cancel culture’ but skips its own vile, racist history
The problem with the NYT’s Taylor Lorenz - Tech reporting or child exploitation?
Ancestors of New York Times Family Included Slave Owners, Confederate Supporters

Print-News
Andrew Sullivan
Leftists Lose Their Minds Because Washington Post Will Capitalize “White”
Chicago Tribune columnist tells cancel culture to pound sand.
WaPo Seemed to have tried to Cancel July 4th and America

J.K. Rowling
J.K. Rowling Got Cancelled for Tweeting Me
Left blistered J.K. Rowling for Nice Tweet to Conservative
J.K. Rowling Got Cancelled for Tweeting Me
J.K. Rowling Keeps Gunning in the Aftermath of Her Transgender-Jostling ‘Sex is Real’ Insistence

CNN
CNN Declares the Following Words ‘RACIST’
CNN Redefines Women As ‘Individuals With A Cervix’
Brian Stelter’s attempt to defend his (and CNN’s) objectivity is the most hilariously self-unaware
thing you’ll read today
CNN’s Lemon: The Way to Fix Mount Rushmore Is Add Obama
Brian Stelter Tried/failed to Bash Tucker Carlson and My Pillow
Van Jones Responds To Daily Beast Hit Piece, Calls It “False, Sensational”
Daily Beast Tries To Cancel Van Jones For Being Effective

Cable-TV
Univision Caught Lying About Its Promotion of Marxism
MeToo Goes After Fox News With a Vengeance
Cancel culture is real and getting worse due to BLM orthodoxy
Big Three Networks CENSOR Upward Revision in May Jobs Numbers: 5.825M Higher Than
Estimate