I signed up as a paid subscriber almost as soon as Common Sense dropped on Substack. I don't always agree with TFP POV and sometimes I am yelling at my screen, but TFP is exactly what true journalism should be. Kol Hakovod and why stop at 1M? TFP is headed for greatness
Dear Bari, I'm here because you told the New York Times to stuff it. It took bravery and principles. As a Jew, I was horrified by the anti-Semitic treatment you were receiving from your co-workers, made worse by the fact that your editor did nothing to rein in the abuse when you complained. It was the first time I learned that ideological corruption had overtaken mainstream media. A Times reader for many years, I cancelled my subscription and followed you here.
A big thank-you to Chris Best, co-founder and CEO of Substack, for his commitment to free speech, and to you, founder and editor-in-chief of the Free Press. You go, girl.
You fill a vacuum in the market. Conservatives who are searching for traditional liberal journalism to balance conservative press and increasingly left of center people who recognize that they are teetering on a cliff that has been eroded by a tide of progressive sewage swept in with the neomarxist march through our institutions.
Congratulations. When Elon Musk chose Bari Weiss, Matt Taibbi, and Michael Shellenberger and then others to help unpack the Twitter Files, I thought...well Elon is a smart man, who are these people?
Elon was right. On looking up the three people mentioned, I signed up for Common Sense, then Matt Taibbi. I plan to add Shellenberger as well. These have become my strongly preferred sources of news. I no longer hear well so rapid fire TV news escapes me, and I can't comment back anyway. My local newspaper is only useful for local news, the rest having a uniformly progressive (AP) slant.
Thanks for doing what you do. I will forward this post. And while I'm at it, a big thank you to Substack as well for making real journalism possible.
Those of us present from the beginning are proud of what you have achieved and have reason to brag about our own foresight in knowing whom to back. Well done to you and to all of us.
Bari - DO NOT pursue numbers of subscribers for their own sake. You will grow on the merits.
If you are required to meet subscription targets to please your new investors, you will destroy The Free Press in the process. Get rid of them and grow organically.
You need investors who will not interfere, and cannot interfere.
Your success reminded me of Charles Krauthammer’s observation respecting the success of FoxNews: presenting a viewpoint shared by half of the country made its success unsurprising.
You’ve tapped into a large population of people who want information to think about, not information about what to think. Thanks for you.
Send a thank you note to Jordan Peterson- I loved your interview with him so much that I sought you out on Substack immediately. Congratulations and thank you for doing all the hard work of bringing the world good journalism.
You deserve all the accolades and more. Congrats - truth tellers for the win!
I signed up as a paid subscriber almost as soon as Common Sense dropped on Substack. I don't always agree with TFP POV and sometimes I am yelling at my screen, but TFP is exactly what true journalism should be. Kol Hakovod and why stop at 1M? TFP is headed for greatness
Dear Bari, I'm here because you told the New York Times to stuff it. It took bravery and principles. As a Jew, I was horrified by the anti-Semitic treatment you were receiving from your co-workers, made worse by the fact that your editor did nothing to rein in the abuse when you complained. It was the first time I learned that ideological corruption had overtaken mainstream media. A Times reader for many years, I cancelled my subscription and followed you here.
A big thank-you to Chris Best, co-founder and CEO of Substack, for his commitment to free speech, and to you, founder and editor-in-chief of the Free Press. You go, girl.
“You’re one of 630,591 Free Pressers. Help us make you one in a million.”
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*frantic phone call from Soros NGO to FBI headquarters
*Nicole Hanoi-Jones snaps pencil in half
*Peter Beinart punches hole in drywall
You fill a vacuum in the market. Conservatives who are searching for traditional liberal journalism to balance conservative press and increasingly left of center people who recognize that they are teetering on a cliff that has been eroded by a tide of progressive sewage swept in with the neomarxist march through our institutions.
And, not to nitpick, but Berliner's inauthentic-damage-control-masquerading-as-a-mea-culpa was not brave. Bari, leaving the NYT was.
Congratulations and thank you for quality journalism!
I am delighted to be 1/630,591th of that success. :-)
Congratulations! TFP is not just a media organization, it’s a movement.
Congratulations. When Elon Musk chose Bari Weiss, Matt Taibbi, and Michael Shellenberger and then others to help unpack the Twitter Files, I thought...well Elon is a smart man, who are these people?
Elon was right. On looking up the three people mentioned, I signed up for Common Sense, then Matt Taibbi. I plan to add Shellenberger as well. These have become my strongly preferred sources of news. I no longer hear well so rapid fire TV news escapes me, and I can't comment back anyway. My local newspaper is only useful for local news, the rest having a uniformly progressive (AP) slant.
Thanks for doing what you do. I will forward this post. And while I'm at it, a big thank you to Substack as well for making real journalism possible.
Those of us present from the beginning are proud of what you have achieved and have reason to brag about our own foresight in knowing whom to back. Well done to you and to all of us.
I just this morning got my dental hygienist to sign up for The Free Press while she was cleaning my teeth‼️
I got my 87 yr old Dad on board and so many friends too!!! The FP is a breath of fresh air from what feels like Orwells 1984. 🩵🩵🩵🩵
Bari - DO NOT pursue numbers of subscribers for their own sake. You will grow on the merits.
If you are required to meet subscription targets to please your new investors, you will destroy The Free Press in the process. Get rid of them and grow organically.
You need investors who will not interfere, and cannot interfere.
Your success reminded me of Charles Krauthammer’s observation respecting the success of FoxNews: presenting a viewpoint shared by half of the country made its success unsurprising.
You’ve tapped into a large population of people who want information to think about, not information about what to think. Thanks for you.
Send a thank you note to Jordan Peterson- I loved your interview with him so much that I sought you out on Substack immediately. Congratulations and thank you for doing all the hard work of bringing the world good journalism.
Outstanding and congratulations! TFP has been my go-to for fact-based news for two years now. Keep up the great work.