Isn't this over a year later, for them to be reviving this? And in how few ways is this different from the still ongoing protests over the danish cartoons - or at least the most simple-understanding that is held of those protests that they made offensive statements with their images, and the only dignified response allowed in enlightenment-participating first world countries is to just let them have their free speech without angry criticism. Also, Horowitz cites that William Bradford guy in the third paragraph of his first page, which was sent out as a press release advertising the book. It looks like he had at least two months since the scandal came out about him making up his biography for Horowitz to take him out or find someone else.
"Hannity & Colmes not only showcased this latest hate-manifesto from the non-student who formed “Students for Academic Freedom,” the show will crucify a different professor from the book each night this week. And it’s not even published by a News Corp subsidiary.
Last night’s victim was a FOX News fave in the scapegoat department: Ward Churchill.
Horowitz called Churchill “The Enron scandal of the universities.” Then he launched into the usual Churchill attacks which anyone who watches FOX News or reads this blog will find all too familiar. Comment: Do a site search of Ward Churchill to find other instances of FOX News’ inexplicable obsession with Churchill. It makes me wonder if he’s related to Hillary somehow. But I digress.
As Horowitz droned on about Churchill’s lack of credentials, I searched SourceWatch, Students For Academic Freedom and Wikipedia to see what kind of credentials Horowitz had in education or academic administration and found none.
Horowitz, the self-appointed academic expert, proclaimed that “Churchill’s views, that America deserved 9/11, are shared by thousands of professors across the country and they introduce these views (into the classroom).” How does he know that? How did he document it? He didn’t bother to explain.
Kudos to Alan Colmes for confronting Horowitz about the book."
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