Liberals will far outnumber conservatives as college commencement speakers this year, the latest sign of higher education’s censoring of speech, according to the latest tally from the Young America’s Foundation.
YAF’s 24th annual Commencement Speakers Survey found 45 liberal speakers and 12 conservatives scheduled to speak at the nation’s top 100 universities.
“Of our country’s top ten schools, nine speakers are liberal. As usual, our nation’s brightest students will receive one final dose of liberalism from their progressive professors and administrators before heading out into the real world,” said YAF.
It’s a typical pattern of bias, said the organization. In 2015, the ratio was six-to-one, in 2014, the ratio was five-to-one; in 2013, four-to-one; in 2012, seven-to-one.
The liberals include President Obama, Secretary of State John Kerry, Spike Lee, Matt Damon, former Attorney General Eric Holder, and Seth Meyers.
Of the 12 conservatives selected to speak, many are moderate, like former New York Mayor and gun control advocate Michael Bloomberg.
Paul Bedard, the Washington Examiner’s “Washington Secrets” columnist, can be contacted at [email protected]
