Breaking Points: Bari Weiss’s Rise, CBS Town Hall Flop — Greenwald's Roast
Update: 2025-12-17
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A deep-dive into how celebrity, money, and media metrics reshaped Bari Weiss’s brand in real time. (Original: 11 minutes — Condensed: 2 minutes.) Hosts Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti unpack New York Magazine’s profile on Weiss, tracing her leap from the New York Times exit to Substack salons, elite investors, and the $150M valuation buzz — then the test: a primetime CBS town hall and disputed viewership claims. Featuring sharp commentary from Glenn Greenwald, this summary explains the tension between Weiss’s past activism and her present free-speech positioning, why wealthy backers mattered, and how ratings vs. social “views” reveal the limits of cultivated influence. You’ll learn about media influence, misinformation and media literacy, reputation-building, and what real audience reach looks like in politics and culture. Listen now to get the key ideas in minutes.
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