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janx

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8. That is a very good question.

Sun Jun 25, 2017, 06:44 PM

Jun 2017

RW media do this all the time, knowing that it will stir the base and boost ratings. Audience is primary to all forms of communications study and practice. She either knew the kerfluffle was coming or should have seen it coming.

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College defends firing professor after Fox News appearance [View all] PoliticAverse Jun 2017 OP

According to the article, she was fired for this comment: tblue37 Jun 2017 #1

Substitute "White" for "Black". marybourg Jun 2017 #2

Or maybe not world wide wally Jun 2017 #4

+1. It is very different when one group has been treated like dirt by a significant portion of Hoyt Jun 2017 #11

+ a brazillion. nt tblue37 Jun 2017 #13

Nope, you can't substitute the discriminated against group for the privileged one. It's not the same stevenleser Jun 2017 #23

Yup, uphill and downhill are two very different things. Iggo Jun 2017 #43

Is it not at the very least, provocative ? OnDoutside Jun 2017 #26

I'll bet that the vast majority (even all) of that "feedback from ... prospective students petronius Jun 2017 #3

Academic Freedom is the important value Robt. Jun 2017 #5

Welcome to DU. n/t rzemanfl Jun 2017 #7

What a total load. pintobean Jun 2017 #16

Wearing pampers? fleabiscuit Jun 2017 #18

Welcome to DU, Robt. Have to agree as a STARTING point, Hortensis Jun 2017 #35

Her comments were not appropriate and showed a dislike of some of her students...to say the least Demsrule86 Jun 2017 #36

Oh and student learning is way way more important. Demsrule86 Jun 2017 #37

Our fundie neighbors certainly agree. They worry Hortensis Jun 2017 #39

No, I said learning...not corrupting influences..why would the professor go on Fox news Demsrule86 Jun 2017 #40

She went on Fox News and fed red meat to their audience. rzemanfl Jun 2017 #6

That is a very good question. janx Jun 2017 #8

Follow the money? n/t rzemanfl Jun 2017 #10

It's possible. n/t janx Jun 2017 #14

What money? nt stevenleser Jun 2017 #25

It's possible it was a paid appearance. The question mark is there for a reason. n/t rzemanfl Jun 2017 #27

I hadn't thought of it that way Nevernose Jun 2017 #17

I have advanced degrees in both. janx Jun 2017 #20

A smart young black woman, I'd bet FOX and Nuts may not be the worse she's encountered. nt fleabiscuit Jun 2017 #19

Why would she go on Fox and reinforce a stereotype? n/t rzemanfl Jun 2017 #21

What kind of a freaking stereotype are you talking about? nt fleabiscuit Jun 2017 #22

The stereotype Fox News viewers hold. Sorry about the missing "e." n/t rzemanfl Jun 2017 #29

That's really not an answer, but OK. nt fleabiscuit Jun 2017 #30

I thought "racist" was a given with Faux. So, correction-"racist stereotype." K? n/t rzemanfl Jun 2017 #31

She thought academic freedom would protect her. Failing that, since she worked for a public stevenleser Jun 2017 #24

Probably not. fleabiscuit Jun 2017 #32

An appearance on a TV show which will be used to hurt the BLM movement in fact has nothing to do Demsrule86 Jun 2017 #41

It was obvious Tucker invited her on so she could dig her own grave LittleBlue Jun 2017 #9

I believe you forgot the "sarcasm" smiley. nt fleabiscuit Jun 2017 #28

They should have fired her for going on malaise Jun 2017 #12

They probably did. n/t janx Jun 2017 #15

Malaise, really? This was a chance to talk to that audience. Hortensis Jun 2017 #38

That was a chance to reinforce what they already believe for that audience...that People of Color Demsrule86 Jun 2017 #42

No, not talking about what this one said, about whether Hortensis Jun 2017 #45

That racist deserved to be fired NobodyHere Jun 2017 #33

Another way the media controls the narrative. jalan48 Jun 2017 #34

"...prospective students and their families..." Iggo Jun 2017 #44

Here's The Good News ConnorMarc Jun 2017 #46