s appointment. her tenure was blocked. it took mass protest for the university to decide to grant her tenure. but by that time, she had chosen instead to join the faculty of howard university, one of the country s top historically black colleges and universities. this week, hannah-jones is reminding people of what happened to her, because it looks a lot to what happened to former harvard president claudine gay. joining me now is nikole hannah-jones, pulitzer prize-winning reporter at the new york times magazine, creator of the 16 19 project and the night share in race and journalism at howard university. as you point out, nikole, we never me on good occasions. that s right. but this one is important for people to understand, because a lot of americans have been hot. they think that claudine gay is our because she said something antisemitic, which she did not. they think that claudine gay is out because she plagiarize. she had some inconsistencies in her citations, which she
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coming up on this programme. sam alla rdyce is sam allardyce is the new manager of leeds united with four games left to save their season. a tussle for the top spot continues tonight, manchester city can leapfrog arsenal again if they beat west ham. and the social media start saddling up and the social media start saddling up for the challenge of a lifetime at badminton horse trials. hello and thanks forjoining us, here s your latest sports news. leeds united have confirmed the department department the departure of harry grazia and confirmed sam allardyce s appointment. allardyce is tasked with guiding leads to safety with just four games remaining, there are currently out of the bottom three but only on goal difference for now. a tough first game for him in charge against the leaders, manchester city on
recommended mr sharp for the bbc job. there was added pressure for the bbc chairman than to resign amid the gary lineker impartiality row last month, richard sharp denies any wrongdoing. rob watson has been reflecting on the impact richard sharp s appointment has had on the bbc. it is not great for the bbc, and the way one colleague put it is, the problem is, said the colleague, there is a lot of people wandering around thinking, hang on. so the bbc was headed by someone who is a conservative, or very supportive of the conservative party. now of course everyone at the bbc would say that is profoundly unfair, the chairman of the bbc is not in an editorial role, he is not telling you or me or that person what to run in their news, and i sure that richard sharp would say that like the rest of us here at the bbc, once he got in the building, whatever his previous contacts, he also aimed at impartiality, but that is the kind of perception, the idea, hang on a minute, why is the head of
and integrity if he made way for someone else. the and integrity if he made way for someone else. and integrity if he made way for someone else. . , ., ., someone else. the bbc has had labour aned someone else. the bbc has had labour linked chair people someone else. the bbc has had labour linked chair people the someone else. the bbc has had labour linked chair people the past someone else. the bbc has had labour linked chair people the past two, - linked chair people the past two, and that s the whole problem, some people say, that the government appoints the chairman, the government determines the licence fee. when you look forward to the statements we have seen agreed, is there anyone who is independent enough to actually produce a review that will have trust across the political spectrum, across the journalists spectrum? i political spectrum, across the journalists spectrum?- political spectrum, across the journalists spectrum? i hope so. when people journalists spect