A Dialogue With Russia’s Dark Side

A Dialogue With Russia’s Dark Side

A new book tries to understand the once-idealistic Russian journalists who now propagandize for Putin.

The Free Press' Passage Into the Dark Side

The UnPopulist illustrationWhen Bari Weiss resigned from The New York Times in 2020, she wrote an open letter to her boss, A.G. Sulzberger, explaining why she felt compelled to quit. Citing bullying from liberal colleagues for her “wrongthink,” and depicting the culture of the paper as one of self-censorship and ideological conformity, Weiss also previewed her next project. As “once-great journalistic institutions betray their standards and lose…