Associated Press murders media ethics in report on Harvard leader’s resignation

By Quin Hillyer

Published January 3, 2024 4:29pm ET

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Associated Press murders media ethics in report on Harvard leader’s resignation — Then-Edgerley Family Dean of Harvard's Faculty of Arts and Sciences Claudine Gay addresses an audience during commencement ceremonies, May 25, 2023, on the school's campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Gay, Harvard University's president, resigned Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2024, amid plagiarism accusations and criticism over testimony at a congressional hearing where she was unable to say unequivocally that calls on campus for the genocide of Jews would violate the schoolâs conduct policy.

The Associated Press, despite boasting many excellent individual reporters, long ago lowered standards and became, at least at its top levels, a frequent purveyor of toxic and dishonest left-wing agitprop. Even by those lowered standards, though, the Associated Press’s main story on the resignation of Harvard University President Claudine Gay was a disgrace.

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