We all know by now how well things went for the University of Missouri mass media professor who went in search of “muscle” to help her cleanse the student protesters’ “media-free safe space” of an infringing student reporter and his camera. Ironically, just days before, she had turned to Facebook in search of help getting the students’ story into the national media.
Not knowing exactly how the mainstream media is going to cover your story has long been a problem for protesters, so some college students have come up with a solution: ensure that coverage of your cause will be supportive before allowing the press access.
These college protesters are demanding the media who cover them support their cause. Really. https://t.co/x2OMU7UhJ3
— Brit Hume (@brithume) November 19, 2015
The Washington Post reports today that students and faculty at Smith College turned away journalists from their sit-in Wednesday to protest racial discrimination unless those journalists first “pledged allegiance to the cause.”
MassLive.com, which had sent a reporter to cover the sit-in, was shocked to find out the conditions of admittance:
Alyssa Mata-Flores, a 21-year-old Smith College senior and one of the sit-in’s organizers, explained that the rule was born from “the way that media has historically painted radical black movements as violent and aggressive.”
“We are asking that any journalists or press that cover our story participate and articulate their solidarity with black students and students of color,” she told MassLive in the Student Center Wednesday. “By taking a neutral stance, journalists and media are being complacent in our fight.”
That “neutral stance” — more of a liberal bent that is practically guaranteed by employment at a mainstream news outlet — has turned to ridicule.
Dear college kids. Please stop this crap. Just … stop. https://t.co/kIDo6hoFsE
— Gene Weingarten (@geneweingarten) November 19, 2015
@brithume Isn't that how Obama got elected?
— Mike (@ThePantau) November 19, 2015
https://twitter.com/RobProvince/status/667467089016303617
@brithume Upon graduation, I hope they are able to get my order right at the drive-through.
— Daniel (@ddwalk34) November 19, 2015
@brithume Their 15 minutes must be up by now.#WhiningBabies
— ⚜ ChloeCat ⚜ (@Chloecat254) November 20, 2015
https://twitter.com/PieGuevara/status/667470981036793856
@brithume I'm so old I remember when student protestors were in FAVOR of the First Amendment.
— Patrick (@jd2319) November 19, 2015
And we remember when students at Amherst College demanded that the school administration not tolerate “All Lives Matter” and — get this — “Free Speech” posters.
@brithume The new brain trust.
— Sheryl #rescue #loveofcountry (@sav01) November 19, 2015
Outside of the hard sciences, education has been replaced by left-wing indoctrination. As seen in test scores and behavior.
— Son of Liberty (@davidcmcalpine) November 20, 2015
"In virtue, one gains knowledge."@smithcollege never claimed useful or reasonable knowledge.
— Gregg Hart (@RGreggHart) November 19, 2015
It's time for potential employers of these immature children to take note of who they are. @brithume #THEPOSITIONISFILLED
— Powerwave20 ?❌ (@Powerwave20) November 19, 2015
https://twitter.com/DavidJohnGarth/status/667475399991947265
@brithume best thing media cud do is leave them alone. Then the temper tantrum will wane and go away. Just want attention.
— TJ (@mgthawk) November 19, 2015
https://twitter.com/orenthomas4/status/667467187708256258
https://twitter.com/UzimaPool/status/667471767384907777
@brithume @callumborchers So they don't want media coverage unless it's positive coverage.
— Gary R (@GaryDolphins) November 19, 2015
@brithume The last generation were hippies who grew up to be liberals. God only knows what these fascists will turn into
— Marcus Lenormand (@optimate_prime) November 20, 2015
https://twitter.com/wreave/status/667511078943789056
https://twitter.com/hansgruberdies/status/667510496732418048
@brithume @BoSnerdley @callumborchers in two years I have to send my oldest to college. This stuff makes me wonder if that's a good idea.
— Tom Tom (@supercleanone) November 19, 2015
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