Following a December 5, 2023, congressional hearing on alleged antisemitism on college campuses, in which Republican lawmakers grilled the presidents of three major universities Elizabeth McGill of the University of Pennsylvania, Claudine Gay of Harvard University, and Sally Kornbluth of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology The New York Times published more than two dozen news articles on the topic. The Times accounted for 29 of the 64 articles published by the newspaper and four competitors, including The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, USA Today, and the Los Angeles Times. After McGill’s resignation over criticism from her testimony, conservative media took advantage of increased scrutiny on the topic in order to campaign for the removal of Harvard’s Gay. After Gay resigned, they announced plans to use their victory to target other educational institutions.
eddie, this is a complicated issue. there are many things which are complicated about it. i just had a great conversation with asaf zamir about antisemitism which is a real issue which has to be discussed on american campuses. that s not actually what this was. this was something else. absolutely. let me just say i stepped down as chair. tara hunter is now the new chair of african american studies. i want to give her props. thank you. i would like to say this, though. i think you re absolutely right. the assault on claudine gay and on elizabeth mcgill and it s a part of this overall description of ordinary colleges and universities but more specifically only in overseas as these bastions of liberalism, these places where left-wing orchid oxy s are corrupting the minds of our children. it s at the heart of that claim that wokeism, ali, is the source of the critique of the state of israel. israel gets ran as a settler
this answer was widely condemned, deemed by experts to be legally correct but lacking in empathy. elizabeth mcgill resigned not long after the hearing. sally coren both of m.i.t. is still at her post. claudine gay live to fight another day at harvard, that is, this until christopher rufo dispatched the next prong in his plan. put a pin in that. i want to point out the irony of elise stefanik s political theater during that hearing. stefanik is an ardent supporter of donald trump, a man with a long history of using antisemitic tropes. he invited the antisemite kanye west and the holocaust denier nick fuentes to dine with him. he said that, among the protesters, you chanted jews will not replace us through charlottesville. there were some, quote, very fine people. he has been echoing hitler in his campaign speeches. no matter how many times you say the word antisemitism, you are the company you keep. okay, let s go back to christopher rufo. with the help of two conservative reporters, ch