Columbia is private, although it gets many favors from the government including patent extensions and grants. One of these is Title VI grants for middle east studies that is being misused.
...any one know if this video tape can be seen online anywhere?
It would be amazing if someone could prove that professors at Columbia University don't get federal and other government funds. Columbia has science and medical departments and other research goes on throughout the university. None without government support? No NIH grants? No social science grants? No New York State grants? No New York City grants?
The Left screams "bias" when it serves their purposes. When they are the perpetrators of bias, they quickly yell "intellectural freedom, intellectual freedom."