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brentspeak

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Fri May 18, 2012, 08:32 AM May 2012

UNC Chancellor Holden Thorp plans to discipline UNC workers framed by James O'Keefe [View all]

Thorp's UNC page makes him out to be some sort of Renaissance Man Genius. However, his promise to discipline UNC employees based on James O'Keefe's selectively edited "gotcha" video reveals him to be just another grade-A dope.



http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/story?section=news/abc11_investigates&id=8664569

O'Keefe's team went undercover at UNC secretly taping at least two UNC officials, while O'Keefe's operative discussed a voter fraud scheme.

One university staffer laughed and at one point seemed to even encourage the plan.

In a statement to ABC11, UNC Chancellor Holden Thorp wrote, "While the scenarios described in the video were false, some of our administrators responded inappropriately, and we are taking disciplinary action against those who used poor judgment in their approach to these student imposters."

Thorp continued, "Our administrators are instinctively supportive of our students, and they empathize with them. But regardless of the questionable tactics used to elicit their comments, these employees should have offered better advice and guidance."


Hello, Chancellor Foole? O'Keefe is currently being investigated by at least two different states for possible criminal violations You're going to "discipline" honest employees based on a misleadingly edited James O'Keefe smear video??

UNC Chancellor contact info:

chancellor@unc.edu
Phone: (919) 962-1365
Fax: (919) 962-1647

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