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I'm Not Saying The Free Press is Worth 150 Million, BUT...

Jews exist

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Ethan Strauss
Oct 08, 2025
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Jews, they exist. That’s one point of this piece.

Just here to lend a little perspective to Bari Weiss and

The Free Press
getting acquired for the purpose of running CBS News. For those of you who aren’t extremely online, or in the media, it’s the sort of happening that’s provoked palpable anger across the journalism quasi industry. More specifically, it’s appeared to inspire apoplexy within the halls of CBS. Weiss used to be controversial for other reasons, which we’ll get into, but the “Pro Israel” stance at FP is the main focus of detractors right now.

I want to look at this clearly, absent subtext that accompanies a lot of hemming and hawing. Yes, it’s a Jewish media tycoon (Oracle scion and Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison) funding the work of a pro Jewish publication, run by a Jewish lady. It’s a pro Israel guy lending a bigger platform to a pro Israel woman. I say it descriptively, while others would frame this situation pejoratively. It’s not a conspiracy. Nobody is hiding the truth here. The people who like Israel just don’t regard their connection as inherently sinful in the way people who hate Israel do.

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