Weiss's skill was charming old white guys, who would then defend her to the death. Old NYT reporters would assemble like Voltron whenever she was criticized.
Meanwhile, she used her job at the NYT essentially to establish her social networks - get on Bari's good side and she would publish you in the Opinion section. Always "contrarian" stuff. 3 categories on the opinion page: conservative, liberal, and contrarian (also conservative).
When she did write, it was like this.