Jesse shares a scandalous episode from his past, the hosts discuss a New York Times op-ed by a college student that generated a deranged and telling response from The Twitter Powers That Be, and Katie tells Jesse about a remarkable #MeToo story she spend many months investigating (which we will post to the show notes when it is actually up). To discuss this episode with other premium subscribers, click here.

Show notes/Links:

Max Wilbert statement: https://www.protectthackerpass.org/protect-thacker-pass-responds-to-false-statements-made-by-media/

I Came to College Eager to Debate. I Found Self-Censorship Instead: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/07/opinion/campus-speech-cancel-culture.html

Froomkin is a jerk:

Dan Froomkin/PressWatchers.org☮️ @froomkin

Is there any other way for a college student to break into the NYT op-ed pages than to write woke-panic claptrap like this? Complete with citation to bogus far-right-funded poll. And hello, this is UVA we're talking about, I call bs. Opinion | I Came to College Eager to Debate. I Found Self-Censorship Instead.When we censor ourselves, our learning environments suffer.nytimes.com

March 7th 2022

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Dan Froomkin/PressWatchers.org☮️ @froomkin

OMG she's an intern for the right-wing group that did the bogus poll that she cited. And notice the NYT sent a photographer down to illustrate her piece. So who set this up? @nytopinion, we deserve to know.

Dan Froomkin/PressWatchers.org☮️ @froomkin

Is there any other way for a college student to break into the NYT op-ed pages than to write woke-panic claptrap like this? Complete with citation to bogus far-right-funded poll. And hello, this is UVA we're talking about, I call bs. https://t.co/eerrqvFBQT

March 7th 2022

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Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones

I haven’t met a single Black person at UVA who has found this a particularly progressive institution and have talked to quite a few who indeed self-censor. If the best example she has of repression is a room feeling tense, shifting in seats, I wonder what she came to college for?

March 7th 2022

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Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones

@camphorlane @nytimes Absolutely there is a climate of intolerance. It’s why the Univ of North Carolina wouldn’t vote on my tenure. Strange how that’s not concerning to y’all.

March 7th 2022

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Katie’s piece: https://reason.com/2022/03/14/how-an-academic-grudge-turned-into-a-metoo-panic/

Mother Jones on Florian Jaeger: https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2017/09/she-was-a-rising-star-at-a-major-university-then-a-lecherous-professor-made-her-life-hell/

Image: “Rush Rhees Library, University of Rochester New York. Rush Rhees Library, University of Rochester New York, USA.”