Medill Prof. Steven Thrasher speaks at ‘Northwestern Liberation Zone’ – Daily Northwestern

“To the Medill students and journalists within earshot, I say to you: Our work is not about objectivity,” he said. “Our work is about you putting your brilliant minds to work and opening your compassionate hearts.”
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Chercher
2 years ago

“To the Medill students and journalists within earshot, I say to you: Our work is not about objectivity”.
And there you have it. The focus of the so-called best journalism school in the United States is not about reporting facts and information, but about relaying opinions. Their opinions. And presenting them as facts.

debtsor
2 years ago

Northwestern has really tanked it’s reputation. Sure, it has a 5% acceptance rate or whatever, because every bottom feeder degenerate antisemitism sees NW as a great place to attend with a 990 SAT score, so there are tens of thousands of applications. The smart kids these days seem to be passing over NW for state schools in the south, and NW is left to sort through the jihadis. NW will make it another generation or two on it’s football and endowment, but the campus, just as it’s neighbor’s former air force base, has “The Glen” written all over it. NW… Read more »

James
2 years ago
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It’s so nice to know we have an expert on EVERY topic that arises here. Your hubris knoweth no bounds!

Ex Illini
2 years ago

I thought journalism was actually all about objectivity. The only comfort I can take from this “professor’s” comments is the disdain these extremists have for the progressives in power. If Slowmo Joe isn’t extreme enough for you, you have real problems. Hopefully all these protesters stay home on election day.

ProzacPlease
2 years ago

This is what people are paying $60k per year to learn. The posters I put up on my dorm room wall in the 70’s were about as deep and insightful, for $2.99 ea.

Then they will go crying to the taxpayers to pay the loans they took out so they could soak up the Americanized version of Hamas indoctrination.

The education system has a lot to answer for.

Bud Dark
2 years ago

Medill used to known as a journalism school. It seems that now it’s a jihadi training camp.

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