Posted on 10/16/2023 6:32:07 PM PDT by cotton1706
A professor at Louisiana State University has resigned after he claimed the newly-elected Republican governor of the state already asked the university to fire him.
Robert Mann, who is the chair of Journalism at the Manship School of Mass Communication at the university, has spent his career serving in press roles for regional Democrat politicians.
He took to his X account on Sunday to announce that he had told the dean he would step down from his position at the end of the school year.
“The person who will be governor in January has already asked LSU to fire me. And I have no confidence the leadership of this university would protect the Manship School against a governor’s efforts to punish me and other faculty members,” he said.
“I’ve seen too much cowardice and appeasement from top LSU officials already. That being the case, it’s clearly best to remove myself from the equation to avoid any harm to the school I love.”
Mr Mann is referring to Jeff Landry, 52, who was elected on Saturday as Louisiana’s new governor.
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The outlet spoke with Mr Mann on Sunday who allegedly described himself as “the biggest irritant on my campus” to conservative officials like Mr Landry.
“I’m proud of that; I’ve tried to be that,” he told The Daily Beast. “I’ve done it because I have tenure because I’m protected under the First Amendment. But this is not going to be a governor who I think has any respect for that. That’s what’s changed.”
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I’ve always wondered - why is there a journalism department? What makes so special that an English major couldn’t do it with a little training and a newspaper style manual.
GOOD!
I wonder if he is related to Troy Landry, "King of The Swamp"?
Uh, it was a (ptui-ptui) “professor” of journalism. (small letters intentional)
Next time, let’s talk about departments within universities that have at least a modicum of intelligence and academic potential. (Yes, they are few and dwindling, but we must persevere.)
Probably has another gig lined up. Craves attention.
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