tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7342454496014200176.post7635741902015880813..comments2023-05-05T06:38:34.592-04:00Comments on IMHO: Good article by a good man...Niceguy Eddiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03896896323840121445noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7342454496014200176.post-72723284740707603952011-05-16T22:38:52.438-04:002011-05-16T22:38:52.438-04:00I find the Right's cries (whines) of 'Libe...I find the Right's cries (whines) of 'Liberal Bias' on Campuses to be as pathetic and absurd (and just plain wrong-minded) as their complaints of Liberal Bias in journalism.<br /><br />Because Journalism and Academia have much the same purpose: to learn and discover new things. Now, they do this DIFFERENLTLY, of course, but both are inevitabvly going to find things that motivate change against the status quo. (If they're doing their jobs correctly anyway.) That might be "LIBERAL," but if so, it's a reason to EMBRACE Liberalism, Change, Progress and new Knowledge rather than a reason to criticise Academia and Journalism! But then.. I guess I'd probably hate institutions that were constantly debunking my dogma, proving me wrong and exposing my insidious agenda. <br /><br />Thankfully I don't have those worries: I'm PROGRESSIVE. LOL. (No dogma, science on my side, and a benevolent, humanist agenda.)<br /><br />You know what you call Journalism (and/or Academic Research) that only ever sings the praises of the status quo and the dogma of the powers that be?<br /><br />PROPAGANDA.<br /><br />(Or... you know.... FOX NEWS. LOL)<br /><br />Thanks for your comment.Niceguy Eddiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03896896323840121445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7342454496014200176.post-60153244835575727332011-05-14T15:14:16.811-04:002011-05-14T15:14:16.811-04:00It is a good article.
Interesting timing, Eddie....It is a good article. <br />Interesting timing, Eddie. As I was driving north yesterday, I was listening to WNYC, the New York (gulp, gasp, choke) NPR station. (Brian Lehrer show, if you're interested in finding it) My ears pricked up when I heard the John Boehner is going to be Commencement Speaker at The Catholic University of America's graduation. <br />(I graduated in '65, and LBJ spoke at mine. This was, of course, before Vietnam brought his Civil Rights and Great Society hopes and accomplishments down.)<br /><br />My first impulse was to pull over and puke on the side of the road, but then I heard that there was a great deal of opposition. A letter, signed by 75 faculty members, protested the invitation, because the Republican campaign of class warfare is directly opposed to the Catholic imperative to care for the poor. He had one of the signers on as a guest but, unfortunately, I drove out of range in the middle of a very interesting interview. <br />I was happy to hear it, as I've been very depressed about the rightward tilt of CU in the last 20 years. Ed Gillespie is on the board of governors. (Ironically enough, Terry McCauliffe, who was head of the DNC while Gillespie was head of the RNC, is also a CUA grad.) It was a source of great pride to me that the CU campus was the location of the first campus protest of the '60s. Academic freedom was the cause, and the University finally silenced the prof the students were supporting a couple of years ago.Conchobharhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09039296577310701987noreply@blogger.com