Ex-professor blames firing on smears

Washington Times ^ | March 11, 2009 | Valerie Richardson

[libstripper]

Former University of Colorado professor Ward Churchill went to court Tuesday in a bid to get his job back, contending that he never committed plagiarism and was instead jettisoned for likening Sept. 11 victims to Nazi bureaucrats when blaming what he called unjust U.S. policy for the terrorist attacks.

David Lane, Mr. Churchill´s attorney, argued that the university caved under pressure from the "howling mob," which he described as a nationwide conservative smear campaign aimed at destroying Mr. Churchill´s reputation.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

The attorney fees are funded by other radicals.

[Right Cal Gal]

Precisely. Churchill apparently forgot the Howling Mob paid his salary. Consider yourself fired, Fraudy McIndian.

[r9etb]

Poke here for the "Report of the Investigative Committee of the Standing Committee on Research Misconduct at the University of Colorado at Boulder concerning Allegations of Academic Misconduct against Professor Ward Churchill."

It's a long, detailed, and downright fascinating read, including a lot of very interesting historical research and discussion. They pretty much ripped Ward a new one.

For example, in a discussion of "Research Misconduct" on pp. 23-24, the investigators excoriate Churchill's misleading use of references (to allegedly independent sources):

To put it most simply, it was part of a pattern and consistent research stratagem to cloak extreme, unsupportable, propaganda-like claims of fact that support Professor Churchill’s legal and political claims with the aura of authentic scholarly research by referencing apparently (but not actually) supportive independent third-party sources.

They go on to cite several cases where Churchill refers to his own writings -- either written under pseudonyms, or sometimes to writings that themselves make reference to Churchill's own works.

[Mac from Cleveland]

If there’s a second term for our current Emperor, (shudder) look for Ward as Sec of Education in 2014 or so....

[dfwgator]

Ex-professor blames firing on smears

What a bunch of pap.

[jazusamo]

Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art

PING!

[george76]

Former Governor Bill Owens expected to testify in Churchill trial Wednesday

http://www.kdvr.com/news/kdvr-embattledprofessor-lawsuit031009,0,2526312.story

Vote there too.

[jazusamo]

Do you think the University of Colorado caved in to a "howling mob" when it fired Professor Ward Churchill, as his attorney claims?

87% say NO! LOL!

Churchill is in the advanced stage of the liberal leftist disease.

[george76]

Even many Boulder liberals are now tired of Ward’s games.