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Showing Original Post only (View all)This Anti-Clinton Donor Just Wrecked UNC's Reputation (A Must Read Article) [View all]
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You know who probably wasnt surprised by Walter Hussmans meddling in the hiring of Nikole Hannah-Jones and consequently damaging the reputation of UNC's journalism school? Bill and Hillary Clinton.
In a surprise checkmate move, Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones informed the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill that she would not be accepting its delayed offer to join its journalism school, and would instead become a tenured professor at Howard University.
The announcement came after the school stumbled through an extended public controversy over Hannah-Jones hiring, and revelations that a conservative mega-donor to the journalism school, Walter Hussman, had worked behind the scenes to make sure the overqualified Jones wasnt initially offered a tenured position, unlike her white predecessors at the school.
UNCs journalism school was renamed the Hussman School of Journalism and Media in 2019, after the wealthy media magnate and publisher of the anti-Clinton Arkansas Democrat-Gazette committed to donating $25 million to UNC, although most of the money from the gift has not yet been given. The school had recruited Hannah-Jones, a MacArthur genius and the driving force behind the New York Times 1619 Project, an ambitious journalistic reexamination of American history that focused on the central role slavery had in shaping the nation and its institutions.
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The anti-Hannah-Jones pressure campaign ran counter to how universities are supposed to deal with mega-donors, as they protect academic freedoms. In fact, by so clearly using his privilege and overstepping his bounds by inserting himself directly into university hiring protocols, Hussman violated the journalistic ethics that he claims to support.
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For the journalism school, the sad episode will leave a permanent stain. Nikole Hannah-Jones is one of the most prominent journalists in the United States, frankly in the world, today, according to UNC journalism professor Daniel Kreiss. Yet bowing to right-wing pressure, the university shrank from its responsibilities. Across the campus, some acclaimed UNC professors are already heading for the exits in the wake of the controversy, which they say broke their trust in the universitys commitment to academic freedom.
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https://crooksandliars.com/2021/07/nikole-hannah-jones-clinton-hussman
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This Anti-Clinton Donor Just Wrecked UNC's Reputation (A Must Read Article) [View all]
TheBlackAdder
Jul 2021
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pervasive, like a uni supporting rw radio that attacks particular regent and chancellor candidates?
certainot
Jul 2021
#10
UNC Tar Heels, alma mater of Michael Jordan, disgracing themselves over a few bucks from a racist.
Demnation
Jul 2021
#4
$25 million isn't "a few bucks from a racist." It is a gold-mine of bucks from a racist. Still...
Hekate
Jul 2021
#5
She absolutely did the right thing. The UNC wrangling was unseemly & insulting...
Hekate
Jul 2021
#9
She did so in a very classy way, too. First, she made them capitulate. Then she walked away...
Hekate
Jul 2021
#17
jordan could point out how NC uses black athletes to support 8 racist radio stations
certainot
Jul 2021
#11
and that wouldn't amt to crap if dems stopped letting 87+ unis support 260+ xlimbaugh stations
certainot
Jul 2021
#12
The Arkansas Gazette and Democrat used to be different companies. I know. I threw both.
GulfCoast66
Jul 2021
#15