Journalist Turns Down Invitation to Speak at DePaul U. After Student Paper Accuses Him of Racism
“I didn’t want to see a forum on the future of local journalism involving several of my former colleagues derailed by those who might have responded to the call to confront me at the event”
Many comedians already refuse to perform on college campuses. Are journalists next?
The College Fix reports:
Journalist declines invitation to DePaul U. after uproar over his ‘racism’
Chicago Tribune journalist Eric Zorn has ended up turning down an invitation to speak at DePaul University after a student newspaper column condemned his “racism.”
Late last month, a pair of DePaul students wrote that Zorn never should have been invited to participate in the “Tough Times for Local Journalism” panel because he dared to opine that people should not make snap judgments whenever there is a police shooting.
Zorn made the claim regarding 13-year-old Adam Toledo, a Hispanic boy, saying it was prudent to await police bodycam footage.
For Sonal Soni and Nadia Hernandez, to even suggest that a young teen should be shot — even in self-defense — is beyond the pale. “Selecting Zorn to speak at DePaul shows students of color that the school has no regard for their physical or mental wellbeing,” they wrote.
They got their wish. In a Thursday column, Zorn explained his decision not to attend journalism discussion.
“I didn’t want to see a forum on the future of local journalism involving several of my former colleagues derailed by those who might have responded to the call to confront me at the event,” Zorn (left) said. “They didn’t agree to give up their Wednesday evenings for that.”
Zorn says he took heat from editors of The DePaulia, the student paper, accusing him of being “terrified of being ‘cancelled’… (and of) engaging in conversation.” And either Soni or Hernandez (Zorn doesn’t specify) said she didn’t regret what was said in her editorial.
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So a coward was successfully bullied by bullies.
That’s never going to fixed anything.
Not worth trying to fix. Find a different institution. This one’s captured top to bottom. Just avoid the graduates.
A fight that is not fought … can’t be won.
So the dump on you for coming, and then others of them dump on you for deciding not to come because of the first dumping.
They can all go to woke heaven. I’ve heard enough about the way this university is going lately and wouldn’t trouble their recruiting office with my presence.
see my new novel “Nevergreen” for a satirical attack on campus cancel culture and its ideological excesses! … getting great endorsements and reviews …. http://www.andrewpessin.com/nevergreen/
Maybe one day Zorn will reconsider his allegiance to the liberal philosophy.
Zorn’s columns can regularly be relied upon for left wing positions and support for all liberals; I generally believe that everyone should be able to express their opinions, and dislike cancel culture on campus, but I have to admit that I am enjoying the left consume itself in its zeal for left wing purity-most liberals are going to find out that no one can be woke enough for the mob, and it’s only a matter of time before the mob comes for them.
Yep. More popcorn, please.