Posted on 02/02/2023 2:12:19 PM PST by ImJustAnotherOkie
Harvard University is forcing out the school's so-called misinformation expert who has led the university's research into issues such as "media manipulation" and "adversarial media movements," the Harvard Crimson reported.
Harvard Kennedy School dean Douglas Elmendorf informed Joan Donovan, a noted expert on disinformation surrounding the coronavirus, white supremacy, and critical race theory, that she must leave the Ivy League school by the summer of 2024, according to the Crimson. Donovan, who joined the school in 2019, is no longer allowed to fundraise, and the school instated a hiring freeze for her projects.
The Crimson pointed to "tensions" between the expert and Elmendorf as the reason for the firing.
Donovan's dismissal comes as so-called misinformation experts and professional fact-checkers come under fire for protecting Democrats from negative press, frequently calling for the censorship of damaging reports under the pretense of suppressing misinformation.
Some of Donovan's work included a report blaming Donald Trump for the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot and a book called Meme Wars: The Untold Story of the Online Battles Upending Democracy in America. Donovan's work has appeared in NPR, the Washington Post, the Atlantic, and the New York Times, according to her faculty profile.
Donovan, a frequent critic of Twitter under Elon Musk’s ownership, tweeted that after she leaves Harvard she plans to "open up a lesbian bookstore that’s got a coffee stand and uhaul rental inside."
The school is still committing to teaching students about misinformation, James Smith, a spokesman for the Harvard Kennedy School, told the Crimson.
"Harvard Kennedy School is committed to the teaching and study of misinformation and disinformation, and several faculty members are leading significant projects that address these topics," Smith said.
Beaten with a whole bundle of Ugly Sticks, that one was...
Clean out your office by summer of next year?!! Not a very quick termination.
That’s a man, baby!
It’s Pat
You might have to poke at it a bit, but I’m sure there’s an adam’s apple in there somewhere.
Are you sure that’s not AG Bill Barr?
Guilty!
The Untold Story of the Online Battles Upending Democracy in America. <\i>
Writing that book was a futile effort. Why would anyone write a book about upending democracy in a country that isn’t a democracy? She must be hideously stupid on top of being fugly.
A picture is worth a thousand words.
So...this person is OK with people lying to her but gets pissed off at Musk for exposing those people as liars. Okeeee.
Whoa... That’s gotta’ be one lonely lesbian.
It’s a dude in a dress with makeup. Either way, it ain’t getting a whole lot of *ahem* action either way
In academia, that's lightning speed.
I’ve seen toads that were run over by large trucks and left out on the highway for days that look better than that thing.
Jack black?
That ain’t no lesbian. I suspect IT has A “kickstand”.
Dang... s/he fell out of the ugly tree and hit every branch on the way down.
Sorry to bash the looks on that one but it set itself up.
Arghhhhh!
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