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It’s been a day of awful takes from the media about the resignation of former president Claudine Gay from Harvard. @FreeBeacon
I’d like to show you some of the worst. Follow along ⤵️
freebeacon.com/media/harvards…
It’s been a day of awful takes from the media about the resignation of former president Claudine Gay from Harvard. @FreeBeacon
I’d like to show you some of the worst. Follow along ⤵️
freebeacon.com/media/harvards…
Before we dive in, quick backstory. Gay resigned in the wake of allegations of plagiarism that @FreeBeacon (particularly @aaronsibarium) has reported on extensively. You can read the ones that immediately preceded her resignation here: freebeacon.com/campus/harvard…
A number of outlets wanted to blame anything but Gay for her own academic fraud.
@nytimes blamed “a proxy fight over campus politics” for her resignation.
It isn’t clear how this proxy fight could have caused her to commit plagiarism.
@nytimes blamed “a proxy fight over campus politics” for her resignation.
It isn’t clear how this proxy fight could have caused her to commit plagiarism.
@politico did the same, blaming conservatives for doing journalism about a powerful person who had committed fraud.
And @CNN’s @MattEganCNN included perhaps the most head spinning word salad to explain how it wasn’t actually plagiarism. (H/t @SteveGuest )
That Gay could have been the victim of her own bad behavior wasn’t something some folks in the media could accept.
Instead, many blamed racism. Here’s @ibramxk, who perhaps thinks that racism did the plagiarizing.
Instead, many blamed racism. Here’s @ibramxk, who perhaps thinks that racism did the plagiarizing.
You’ll never guess what @MSNBC’s @TheRevAl blamed it on.
And I’m sure you’ll be equally surprised to hear that @nhannahjones did the same thing.
Her coworker @MaraGay did the same thing in this mind melting interview. (H/t @tomselliott)
@NBCNews convened a panel to figure out if racism was the culprit and — you’ll never believe this — @SymoneDSanders said that it was.
Perhaps the best take, by my lights, was @AP, who is outraged that conservatives appear to have discovered the new “weapon” of journalism.
Luckily, AP and the rest of the gang have largely abandoned that mantle.
Luckily, AP and the rest of the gang have largely abandoned that mantle.
And as @peterjhasson and others have pointed out @AP took some creative liberties with their history, too.
More examples in the piece. The media didn’t exactly cover themselves in glory today. Link again is here: freebeacon.com/media/harvards…
And fear not. Gay still has a job…teaching at Harvard.
Media reaction summed up:
They haven’t stopped. Was waiting on something ridiculous from @washingtonpost and they didn’t disappoint.
No mention in the tweet about what actually caused Gay to resign: her penchant for plagiarizing
No mention in the tweet about what actually caused Gay to resign: her penchant for plagiarizing
https://twitter.com/washingtonpost/status/1742738940455530843
@washingtonpost One thing that I think this coverage makes clear: the mainstream media views themselves as in a pitched battle to defend not just Gay but any other powerful person who’s wrongdoing was exposed by conservatives.
That’s a horrific miscarriage of journalism.
That’s a horrific miscarriage of journalism.
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