‘F*ck Jews’ And Other Hateful Graffiti Scrawled On Walls Outside News Outlet: ‘Horrendous Slur And Sad Sign Of The Times’
Independent journalist Bari Weiss on Sunday shared photos of hateful antisemitic graffiti scrawled on the walls of the building where her media company The Free Press is headquartered.
Weiss’s website has been covering the horrific atrocities committed by Hamas against Israel and the subsequent war, which has included continuous exchanges of missile fire, air strikes in the Gaza strip, and a second front opening with Hezbollah.
But the media’s coverage of events has not been met with praise on all sides, as the Dallas Morning News protest last week demonstrated.
Weiss appeared on Fox News after the October 7 terror attack, which she explained on America’s Newsroom was “the biggest slaughter of Jews since the Holocaust.”
“That is what I’m focused on,” she said at the time of the work she and her site are undertaking. “Trying to tell their stories and demand that the world wake up. Trying to help the world understand that what’s happening here is not just another war in Israel. It’s a massacre of unspeakable proportions.”
On Sunday, Weiss shared photos of antisemitic graffiti that was scrawled on walls at the offices of The Free Press, and was defiant of the hatred directed at her and the other journalists.
“If the antisemites who did this think it will intimidate me and the journalists of @TheFP, they don’t know me, they don’t know us, and they have no idea what we stand for.”
This was scrawled outside of our offices this week.
If the antisemites who did this think it will intimidate me and the journalists of @TheFP, they don’t know me, they don’t know us, and they have no idea what we stand for. pic.twitter.com/2CsIqrqz5V
— Bari Weiss (@bariweiss) October 22, 2023
Author Geoffrey Cain, who is on the ground in Israel for The Free Press, described the messages as an “horrendous slur and a sad sign of the times” in the United States.
What a horrendous slur and a sad sign of the times in the US.
I'm in Israel right now writing for @bariweiss @TheFP. A surprising number of people on both sides of the conflict know and respect the name. No slurs out here, so far. https://t.co/wxzSsJzcfr
— Geoffrey Cain (@geoffrey_cain) October 22, 2023
Here’s all the latest from Mediaite on coverage of the war.
