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Bari Weiss , the Free Press founder who was tapped yesterday as editor-in-chief at CBS News, is being smeared.

I can tell you, from having interviewed her – and followed the extraordinary online news and commentary site she created – that this is an extremely smart and talented woman.

She was a top opinion editor at the New York Times , where she melded liberal views – she couldn’t stand Donald Trump – with more conservative stances, such as believing the Democrats have moved too far left on some issues. Weiss resigned after three years, following what she described as "bullying by colleagues."

"Intellectual curiosity" was "now a liability at the Times," she said, and some colleagues "called me a Nazi and a racist…Showin

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