U. Buffalo Media Study Dept. Rips Michael Knowles on Main Website
Free speech…except for you.
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The University of Buffalo’s Department of Media Study believes in free speech unless you’re a conservative.
The department does not like The Daily Wire’s Michael Knowles over remarks about transgenders. From The College Fix:
But despite Knowles “expressing concern for the well-being of trans-identifying individuals” and specifically noting he was referring to ideology, not individuals, many on the left accused him of “calling for the mass killing of trans people.”
Which now includes the U. Buffalo Department of Media Study, allegedly “led by an award-winning, internationally-active faculty who continue to probe media and its social implications in the widest context.”
The anti-Knowles statement also claims the department is all in favor of free speech and expression BUT:
“While we are committed to the free and open exchange of ideas, we are also committed to inclusiveness, social justice and respect for all. There is no space for hate speech as there can be no open exchange of ideas without inclusion, justice, and respect.”
After Knowles’ speech last year, the U. Buffalo student government passed a resolution which disallowed campus student groups to be associated with “outside organizations” — which directly affected the Young America’s Foundation.
Interestingly, the resolution offered exemptions for certain groups — such as those in the “Academic, Engineering, or Sports Councils,” and organizations “whose sole purpose is to engage in inter-collegiate competition.”
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Is the Department of Media Study there to serve those students who are even more corrupt or lazy than the ones who actually want to BE journalists?
I wold like to thank the University of Buffalo’s Rocket Surgery Depart……I mean Media Studies Department for driving home a point I’ve been making for at least twenty years. That is that the best and brightest don’t study media and journalism, just the stupidest, laziest and most self-aggrandizing narcissists. Think Jim Acosta and Brian Stelter. Such statements by “professors” in a Media Studies Department that are either flat-out lies or the fruit of stupendous ignorance and incompetence is the strongest support I’ve gotten since I started on this journey. These political hacks will always occupy a warm spot in my heart.