‘Harvard won’t be the last place affected’: Harvard President resigns

Harvard University President Claudine Gay resigned from her role after controversy over her congressional testimony on campus antisemitism and allegations of plagiarism. Jason Johnson and Pablo Torre weigh in.
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#Harvard #HarvardUniversity #ClaudineGay

[@RR-sn6cq]

Technicality??? Plagiarism, is Plagiarism. She was wrong. It doesn't matter what race she is.

[@Budguy68]

They used plagiarism as the excuse to cancel her because she doesn't support genocide against Gaza

[@lessconfused5179]

It’s only one Race and that is the White Race. If you are saying that the president of Harvard being classified as not White has nothing to do with this issue, you are either extremely misinformed or worse could be practicing Racism White Supremacy yourself!

[@anonymousperson7889]

Come on people! It had nothing to do with plagiarism. She couldn't answer the simplest question of whether calls for genocide against Jews in the wake of the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza violated their schools' codes of conduct..... WHICH OF COURSE IT DOES! She was fired because she wanted to be woke and she found out the sword cuts from both sides and doesn't care who is standing in front of it. Off with her figurative head! She literally helped write the policies that got her fired. She was just too dumb to realize it.

[@itsnotthatserious9102]

It does.. cause since she’s black, she can pull the race card. It matters lol

[@stoopidpursun8140]

Yes it does. She is entitled to plagiarize as part of reparations. By calling out her wrongdoings you are racist. Ask any liberal.

[@Onunez23]

Unintentional plagiarism at the undergrad level is a big deal and even subject to discipline. This is the president of THE elite world university. Her plagiarism is unacceptable.

[@tijuanajohnson2297]

Her being there should be unacceptable but that would be TO MUCH LIKE……right for a left wing

[@davidknichal6629]

Well I would not call Harvard an elite university anymore so far.

[@SpicyMayoVegas]

And clearly you never finished school nor did you watch the whole video. Seeing a pattern here…

[@raynerstuelgalid]

I am born and bred in North Borneo... you know, the place not so long ago was the land of headhunters? I had a chance to work a master's degree at a US university in 1989. I made sure (and at the same time, my thesis supervisor kept reminding) I did not plagiarize. My thesis is still among the list of downable papers of that US university today. What, me, better than the President of Harvard? A guy who is just two generations removed from an actual headhunter.

[@greglane3978]

You got one thing wrong. Harvard use to be the elite world univerisity. Not any more and probably never again.

[@cj6012]

"Nothing would have suggested this alone would have been enough to force a resignation".. plagiarism at the highest level of a top university is not enough ? You must be kidding.

[@HeatherViking1740]

Deluded

[@NuclearSalmon]

Great comment 💯

[@Neuron-ty4fz]

@@NuclearSalmonallegation its not stated as fact

[@barbaraann6229]

He said that because it is constantly overlooked. Only students are held accountable. THis was simply MAGA trying to take down an institution they hate. Nothing more.

[@edmc2912]

She still gets to stay on faculty at Harvard, like the UPenn President who resigned - thanks to “tenure”

[@annechildress2721]

Bro just cant admit "she was wrong."

[@tijuanajohnson2297]

Well some WILL GLADLY ADMIT some stuff so disgusting it’s worth turning down

[@imnotyourfan]

I do feel like there needs to be another label for plagiarism when it's a more technical version of plagiarism but his excuses in the way he defended her almost made her indefensible she was wrong she holds an important position where dotting the i's and crossing the t's matters more than other jobs in life and they got her has a black woman being the president of Harvard she should have seen this coming and been more prepared for this type of downfall ❤ it's amazing how far is she got and how much she accomplished for both African-Americans and women 😊 looking back on this we will definitely consider her a historical figure that was probably under qualified 😂 this isn't a culture war so much is it's a war on incompetence in important positions😂

[@AlwaysAwesome001]

Rule #1 Never your fault. -- goober liberals

[@j.e.lewisii1440]

Welcome to the MAGA era where people cannot admit that a man incited an insurrection by his words and failure to take action to stop it for hours, even though it opened on live camera.

[@lionelreyna]

​@@j.e.lewisii1440🥱

[@kat8295]

If a student plagiarized their wirk, they would be expelled immediately. Why should professors and admin who are supposed to set an example and educate students not be held to the same standard? Dont cheat. Its really that simple.

[@Brazzy614]

Ironic how they tried to downplay it but if a student gave these exact same excuses they wouldn’t lift a finger on the matter.

[@midknight]

It is illegal to alter weather maps with sharpies, illegal to incite insurrections. It is wrong to lie about losing an election. It is illegal to pressure election officials to rig the votes in your favor. So are university professors are held to higher standard than Republican presidents?

[@edmc2912]

But she has “tenure” so in college you can do whatever you want and never get fired as long as you have tenure

[@jessicamacallister9272]

Not true. All you did was prove you don’t know the system at all.

[@tempo8326]

Since when? you fail that assignment and then get citated for it, someone must have never went to college a day in their life.

[@ragnarlothbrok4281]

So her thinking advocating genocide is only bad in certain contexts doesn't get her fired but her committing plagiarism does?

[@SpicyMayoVegas]

You are skewing her words. She tried to provide a complete answer and you are using this as a straw man, red herring and ad Hominem post-hoc

[@hippo319]

​@@SpicyMayoVegas she used freedom of speech to defend antisemitism in a place where you can get fired fir using the wrong pronouns. She's a hypocrite and her argument, given the context, was insufficient.

[@ragnarlothbrok4281]

@@SpicyMayoVegas Uh that's exactly what she said.

[@sonjadidyk-tn4cc]

Interesting eh. but she still deserves to be kicked out

[@MrBobbystyles]

⁠@@SpicyMayoVegasactually your defending her with bs rhetoric … it’s fun “sounding” like you know what your talking about isn’t it ?!

[@jess2690]

Over 50 instances of plagiarism insane. Her lack of integrity is why shes no longer fit to be in that position. It has NOTHING to do with the color of her skin.

[@tijuanajohnson2297]

Maybe not BUT has everything to do with the color of theirs. Pay attention before “paying” NO MIND. Get it. They missed that part…clearly

[@taffyboy7931]

50? Wow! Didn’t realise it was that many.

[@saul.t.2.969]

I agree, I think anyone holding the position of Harvard President better darn well know where to put their quotation marks. And, site their sources correctly.

[@saul.t.2.969]

@@tijuanajohnson2297are you saying all those Republicans are white? There are at least 54 Black serving Republicans in Government. So…?

[@bahaar2825]

It has EVERYTHING with the color of her skin. The students protesting against her were all white.

[@SouthFloridaMedia]

Man, this guy Jason makes a lot of excuses for her... He wears his agenda on his sleeve. This Harvard grad is spot on.

[@PeaceMastah]

Hahaha imagine being a sheep

[@PeaceMastah]

For a party that is supposedly anti cancel culture, that’s hilarious

[@michaelgordon5566]

How can Jason make it all about color when there were multiple presidents there who failed the same way and had calls for resignation as well but didn’t have a plagiarism scandal.

[@ericheick7044]

😂cancel culture? What a joke. She got caught plagiarizing her work. Stop defending cheaters​@@PeaceMastah

[@sonotdown998]

⁠@@ericheick7044”She got caught plagiarizing her work.” One can’t plagiarize their own work. You can’t even put a sentence together. Yet here you are, “schooling” the rest of us on academic standards.

[@skylar0628]

Maybe don’t plagiarize? She should also have her degrees investigated. If you’re a normal student, plagiarism gets you expelled.

[@DA-qs4kq]

Melania trump don't agy

[@tijuanajohnson2297]

That’s exactly y it’s a immature move and she letting it ride in my opinion because it’s a elementary move that works for them and beneath her abilities

[@FLMKane]

​@@DA-qs4kqshe's not an academic though

[@DA-qs4kq]

@@FLMKane 1rst lady but of course it was ok . A model selling her naked body of course it was ok. That's the reason we always believe it's about race. Always found an excuse for one and destroyed another one.

[@MisterBrimm]

No, it doesn't. You fail the paper. You trolls need to learn how school works.

[@mavssami41]

Yall r losing the propaganda war...the ppl see through the bs

[@LabyrinthiaX]

I hate to be that guy, but most people aren't even intelligent enough to come to rational conclusions based on fact and reality. Everywhere I look I see child-like delusion and virtue signalling. I hope people start asking themselves more "Is what I think reasonable? Factual? Logical?"

[@justintasker2347]

Amen

[@ryblack5032]

AMEN 🙏

[@user-sm3vr9qp9s]

Who's bones are you standing on.

[@joelspaulding5964]

I served on the honor committee at the University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy from 1998-2001. A plagiarism infraction even one one-tenth as significant would have resulted in dismissal from the university and the program, as a student, and would have likely killed any further hopes of a professional career.

[@whodge7815]

This guy just hates white people, simple as that !!

[@flyingplantwhale545]

Not unless you're black enough. Then you can b*tch about it until they let you stay.

[@EuskadiJoloMas]

Worked out for Biden though...

[@samsobkov5553]

@@EuskadiJoloMashow do you mean? please say more

[@GCFandimonium24]

@@samsobkov5553 just literally look up Biden plagiarism….you should be easily able to find it. It ended his 98 presidential run.

[@kirstenshindler7767]

Seems like he’s going to defend her no matter what! He doesn’t want to hear the truth.

[@tijuanajohnson2297]

Seems like he if was against her ALL THE WAY what would be your question then someone would wonder

[@j.e.lewisii1440]

Yon mean like those who are defending Donald John Trump?

[@KAG1776]

@@j.e.lewisii1440 you mean like those who defend Joe Biden?

[@AlwaysAwesome001]

@@j.e.lewisii1440 ☝️☝️ HATE HUSTLER.

[@KAG1776]

@@LuvMyDogFam yea those who use the card need to stop it's so old.

[@arishillermusic]

This is a great move by Harvard. Thank God. MSNBC covered this terribly!!!

[@user-qr9rv9rj9d]

FACTUAL

[@TyrellGlen]

Absolutely

[@soniavillacorta9147]

You are part of the criminals who are financing the killing of innocent children. Shame and you!

[@jammin1881]

MSNBC hasnt covered anything well in years. They became the Fauci fluffing network throughout Covid and routinely lies about the funding and origins of it.

[@William_Yudis]

I am shocked this was covered horribly

[@johnmoe7851]

This is what happens when unqualified people are placed in prestigious positions and then try to defend their obvious ignorance.

[@donnagelina8548]

It's like dominoes. Watch it all fall apart.

[@carmengreen9004]

A lot unqualified people in the government sector... In high places..it's been that way... But it'll all serve a purpose

[@raycuizon8226]

thats what happen when you're an equality hire. she got the job because of color. as a colored person im embarrassed that I have to be treated special not like everyone else.

[@raycuizon8226]

she got the job because she's black@@MusicandMMA

[@xijinbling2373]

Zelensky , Netanyahu.

[@matthewpauley138]

The fact she got where she is in that college speaks to a much deeper problem for the institution.

[@faethe000]

Harvard degrees are bought and paid for, not earned.

[@barbaraann6229]

You are very naive. Most professors and officers of universities are not punished for plagiarism. THis is just MAGA tearing down our institutions, making folks hate more and all the other lovely things MAGA destroys.

[@coterie_black]

diversity hire

[@SteadyEddie1983]

It's amazing how someone can plagiarize her whole career only to call it "racism" when handed with a punishment that ANYONE ELSE would face

[@reitanegashima893]

this was never about plagiarism, this was about her not pledging her allegiance to the genocide of Palestinians.

[@neonnoir9692]

​@@reitanegashima893it's both, but trash like that should have never been in that institution.

[@AlwaysAwesome001]

​@@reitanegashima893 ☝️☝️ Looky there! A goober. 🤣

[@MsRotorwings]

Plagiarize? How so?

[@hellokitty8552]

⁠@@reitanegashima893she wasn’t asked to resigned when she didn’t condemn hamas. She was forced to resign when more and more of her work is proven to have been plagiarized.

[@geefhotmail6311]

Half of Claudine Gay's publications had plagiarism, 8 of 17 have been found SO FAR.

[@marcel75137]

But does she IDENTIFY as a plagiarist? That’s what matters 😂

[@Quadratick]

I seriously admire how this Jason guy can be so unbelievably ignorant and yet speak with such confidence. His point at the end about how the questions would only be asked of people of color was especially palpably wrong, seeing as the other university presidents who were testifying in Congress were white.

[@jamesscott9914]

He flips everything into some 'radical right' secret agenda. I am certain that 'woke harvard' will have a diverse staff at the university newspaper - I highly doubt The Crimson is staffed with only radical right white people. This guy is gonna call racism for as long as he possibly can - That's what race hustlers do.

[@sonjadidyk-tn4cc]

incredible eh.

[@mrlaw711]

You are saying that Jason is ignorant?

[@networknomad5600]

“Harvard won’t be the last place effected” Good. As it should be.

[@neonnoir9692]

The real question we should be asking: how on EARTH does someone like that get hired in the first place!?

[@munchezfonataba]

DEI 💩

[@tijuanajohnson2297]

Maybe because they didn’t LOOK FOR U. CALL THE POLICE will u🤦🏽‍♀️

[@billolsen4360]

@@tijuanajohnson2297 Stop being silly, Jason Johnson.

[@Pineoilheavan]

They had to fulfill a DEI quota.

[@greglane3978]

Black, check Woman, check Hates America , check Probably LBGTQ+ , check There is your anwser.

[@Greatone999]

Refreshing to see opposition in the comments

[@vagabondroller]

I’m commenting to hopefully get this out to more people. Everyone should see how far off the tracks MSDNC has gone.

[@tijuanajohnson2297]

😂 can I laugh or too soo n

[@billolsen4360]

I like that, MSDNC!

[@freedomringsnow93]

MSLSD the most deluded news network on cable.

[@daleviker5884]

It is just like a parody channel, putting up ridiculously radical leftist presenters, to push the buttons of a bitter hate-filled minority. It doesn't want its audience to succeed in life, it wants them to fail so they maintain their hate. You've got to wonder who funds this channel - someone who doesn't like America.

[@vagabondroller]

Haha, thanks. I got it from a guy further down in this thread.

[@sarahbucknell5315]

The U Penn president resigned also for "just" the refusing to say that calling for genocide of Jewish people was against campus policy. She has bought a lot of negative attention on to Harvard, and when you bring your place of work in to disrepute through your wrong actions then rightly you need to go. If you google Harvard now, the first thing that comes up is her saying calling for genocide isn't against campus policy - that's not what you want at supposedly the top uni in the world.

[@greglane3978]

The reason the U Penn president had to step down so quickly is she is white.

[@getfreemazes]

what's with all the blood oaths to zion you npcs are pushing?

[@archieclement2977]

She's still got tenure, and she's still on the faculty. She's still disseminating her twisted ideas to the young. Nothing has changed.

[@mottopanukeiku7406]

No one seems to recognize this. And what about SBF’s parents- still on the Stanford faculty living in Stanford-owned housing living on FTX money. In the end, no one cares and nothing will change. This will all be forgotten in a few weeks.

[@archieclement2977]

​@@mottopanukeiku7406 The accumulated perception, and the way Americans view democrats will linger.

[@mottopanukeiku7406]

@@archieclement2977 Perhaps, I hope, but doubtful. So much of this type of stuff has been going on for so long and I am not seeing any hints that there will be a return to reason. Just more division and this next generation of kids are completely institutionalized on this stuff.

[@donttouchmecreep]

this is what happens to unqualified diversity hires

[@dragracer4775]

When all else fails, pull out the race card.

[@carlyar5281]

I agree with Ben. The president of the university is more than an academic. They are the face of the institution. They represent the institution to the rest of the public, including donors. The president of a university cannot represent the institution in tumultuous times like this, then they need to step down. I think the plagiarism issue is a red herring, and I think Jason is taking this personally.

[@GodOfLzz_]

I agree with you.

[@naquanmcneil5320]

How can she break an academic rule she is charged to uphold?

[@hellokitty8552]

Like a lot of blacks, they are highly emotional people.

[@hellokitty8552]

@@naquanmcneil5320rules don’t apply to DEI hires

[@humphreykalanje928]

Oh please.​@@hellokitty8552

[@andyguido7771]

She gets to keep her near 900k salary though ? This isn’t what it seems people

[@AvidUTuber]

And you get to keep your job stacking boxes at home depot. What's your point?

[@cryptocoin5318]

@@AvidUTuber 25 dollars an hour doing that more than most paying teachers but UPS drivers take the CAKE!

[@johnnyboy6707]

The praises for Harvard are in vain. The noise was getting so loud they didn’t have much of a choice at this point…mega donors were bailing on them. If that university had any dignity, they would’ve canned her absent all the backlash…and I highly doubt they would’ve done that. They merely did what they think they HAD to do in their best interest, but their warped views haven’t changed.

[@americanwoman9880]

Exactly! All about the $$$. Who they hire and who they fire!

[@happyface951]

I’m telling MSNBC now, that the way you cover these issues and ones like it, makes me want to vote red. She, and the other presidents, performed so very poorly. It’s so difficult to hear her disappointing behavior be dismissed because she is black; that anything critical of her, is racist, because she’s black. Is she not to be held into account because she’s black? Is there ever an instance for which a person of color is wrong? It really is getting out of hand. When I heard the three of them puppet the same answer of what was asked of them, was when I knew, the left is far too left for me. But there were no calls of racism or misogyny, or any other kind of injustice when Liz Magill stepped down, why? Their performances were equally as poor. Why not the outrage for Magill?

[@TheCBScott7]

I've been a registered Democrat for 18 years, this absolute garbage nonsense over the past 10 years has got me voting red too. No accountability for their actions

[@Ponderingtaco]

I know these people are slime propagandists but voting for the other team owned by the same people funding this propaganda isn't gonna do you good

[@kevinmckay228]

MSNBC used to be a respected station, but they seem to continue to push for lower ratings

[@TheCBScott7]

@Ponderingtaco you planning a 1776 we should be aware of then? Because if not, it couldn't hurt voting the other way

[@scarletsletter4466]

@@Ponderingtacook. I hear you, but I feel the same as this guy. As a woman, why were there no calls of outrage like this for the UPenn president? Nobody cares bc she’s a cis WW? I’m sorry but intersectionality has destroyed the left & those of us who are center/left moderately progressive are being totally left out. The party doesn’t represent you unless you’re LGBT PoC communist Islamist, apparently

[@Drew_3000]

Fun fact: she’s still working at Harvard and she’s still on payroll . She’s just not the “face” anymore

[@user-illongga_6973]

Fun fact is that they’re losing supports and donors 😂

[@rexdavis9671]

She gets to keep her $900K salary too. Smh

[@L2Living365]

LOL! Just another reason why Harvard is losing donors and other schools around the world are severing ties with this disgusting school! Way to go Harvard!

[@lessconfused5179]

@@rexdavis9671Good for her. I’m sure dealing with a historically Racist institution like Harvard she has earned every cotton picking penny of that salary.

[@flyingplantwhale545]

Imagine getting paid so much just for being black. @@rexdavis9671

[@ethangorr318]

depends the context of a call for genocide.. she said this

[@Mrbigdaddymanamale]

Was it really so hard for her to just say “calls for the murder of Jews is bad and I disavow it.”

[@TinkerBellTWERKS]

Bye 👋 ✌️ Harvard needs a smart president

[@BrentWolgamott]

Man, Jason is spinning here like crazy.

[@archieclement2977]

When you hire people because they check off the right boxes you can't expect to get quality.

[@spectralnighttravel]

That woman or whomever was only in their position because of identity politics and due to Harvard being bereft of any shred of academic or Intellectual integrity.

[@christopherjavens3438]

She made a fool of herself in Congress

[@DA-qs4kq]

You can't control our thoughts

[@christopherjavens3438]

Donald Trumps under your bed@@DA-qs4kq

[@mottopanukeiku7406]

Harvard has made a fool of itself in front of folks who are paying attention.

[@user-lu2mq4bw3i]

EVERYONE: Facts, logic,reason, common sense, real conversation. Jason Johnson: Deny , deny, deny, deflect, RACISM, deny, deflect, deflect, RACISMMMMMMMMMMMMMM A TRUE 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🌎 🐑🤪😳

[@pebs1070]

These comments 😂😂😂 I’m glad America is done with the games

[@skaaaaaaa]

🙏

[@pebs1070]

Enough with all the diversity hires 😂

[@skyrocketcoast219]

As a Democrat I was horrified at that Havard President answers along with the 2 other university Presidents. Mund you, I can not stand Elise Stephanik. Yet When those 3 university Presidents answered Stephanik's question, each gave a answer with a clear snide,Smug & extremely condescending tone..that was bad enough.. but the answers were so incredibly stupid .. I was totally taken aback. Whomever gave consel to those 3 were not in reality. They were in ignoramus land. Those 3 did Not have to give the answers they did.. it was not a set up. Those 3 blew it. End of story.

[@edschultheis9537]

I am in the uncommon position of totally agreeing with a Democrat on something of importance.

[@deanfrazier693]

Many times the greatest truths come through people we can't stand? The anti-semitic overtones are more important to me also. YOU didn't lose the point!

[@tijuanajohnson2297]

@@deanfrazier693 Then have a seat😂 and maybe you’ll feel UP to it😂😂😂😂

[@ExecutiveChefLance]

@@deanfrazier693 Stop watching Fox News. Right Wing irrational hate for anything they don't agree with is why you never agree with anyone. Cause NO ONE WANTS TO TALK TO YOU PEOPLE. Cause the ANGER. Seriously you can't even have a conversation with a Right Winger about anything without them blowing up.

[@EremEdition]

The history of these institutions align with their answers. Adolf was influenced by ideas coming from Harvard. This is all a show. These people debate using philosophical prose. Its poor quality conversation

[@NamasteTexas]

We hold University presidents to a much higher standard than the leaders of our country.

[@Panthers8912]

That’s funny. Look at her resume vs every other Harvard president. She destroyed Harvard and the only thing she accomplished was racism against Jews and Asians

[@jacoba.gattenby6309]

Facts

[@alexandervelasco8095]

lol politicians get extra credit for plagiarism. But still doesn't make it acceptable for university presidents to do the same. Its our fault for not punishing the "leaders of our country"

[@tw8464]

Rich donors that is all it is

[@daleviker5884]

Well isn't that a shame for people like you who want positions filled by cheating ideologies, chosen because they tick a box and not because of merit. I'm guessing you have no merit, or you wouldn't be saddened.

[@kmcc01]

Really, a sham? Tell that to the Jewish students on your campus. She got caught, I doubt it was a little minor oversight since it was done more than once.

[@andrewdewit4711]

Incredibly misleading summary by Johnson - a professor of journalism! - of Gay’s plagiarism as getting names wrong. In numerous papers, she copied whole sections without citation and with only a few words changed. It was repeated plagiarism and quite deliberate. As a politically progressive non-American, I’m aghast at the professor’s willingness to gaslight even after Gay’s resignation.

[@macummings7818]

You sound dumb Consider why this so called plagiarism conveniently became a problem right about now. 😑😑😑

[@jl696]

This happens all the time over here. There's nothing "progressive" about the radical left in the USA.

[@yewo-bb8er]

This video has more comments than likes. How telling

[@leopisaq]

Jason Johnson is so racially charged he doesn't even want to hear what others are saying 🙄

[@donnagelina8548]

DEI fails again.

[@davidsommerfield7739]

They allowed her to resign ? Shows where the problem is. Disgusting !

[@Raz75reb]

Don't agree with everything stated, but think Pablo Torre represented his point of view very well here

[@tijuanajohnson2297]

He sounds like he likes to hear himself talk U HEARD

[@americanatheart110]

Dude, 50 incorrect citations? In such case, she was given the position only based on her color, not on competence.

[@cindylouhunter7640]

Good Riddings, she has no place to teach our young adults

[@tomasaguirre1764]

"Was the Holocaust bad, Claudine?" ... "erm... maybe... it depends."

[@Raven-bl1qt]

On the context

[@DA-qs4kq]

What is Israel is doing to the Palestinians is bad???

[@dalejames8576]

​@@DA-qs4kqSome have already controlled your thoughts...... to the fullest extent.

[@herewegoagain...]

@@DA-qs4kq answering a question with a deflecting question is a fallacy and a textbook case of gaslighting. Regardless of the morality of what Israel is doing in Palestine, suggesting that calling for the extermination of the Jewish people is not a bad thing is horrific. These two issues are not mutually exclusive.

[@DA-qs4kq]

@@dalejames8576 you can't stop the new generation,they see,know and understand what Israel is doing

[@goodnamestaken]

Harvard is a joke now.

[@batmasterson1715]

Word salad answers have consequences

[@JoseTheRover]

Terrible take by Jason

[@masambeni]

Jason is a total hack. Don't have him on again. He's just a woke apologist. You'll learn nothing from his brand of morally bankrupt politicking.

[@oprrrah3498]

Don't hold your breath. MSNBC is a BS Propaganda outlet and I doubt that will change

[@driftlesshunter9200]

I feel sorry for these poor souls. This network is so lost.

[@user-wh9vy2fx8y]

She'll be on MSDNC

[@danw6014]

Pretty difficult being held to actual standards isn't it.

[@clarissapullen6718]

Here's the question I would ask. How can you feel okay about punishing students for something but then allow the staff to get away with doing the exact same thing?

[@tijuanajohnson2297]

Happens all the time and can be expected with what’s expected

[@clarissapullen6718]

@@tijuanajohnson2297 A student shouldn't get punished for doing something the professor isn't punished for when they do it.

[@daerth4423]

It's the American way anymore sadly.

[@TruthSurge]

She did the right thing by resigning! She clearly wasn't fit for the job.

[@danbanks7930]

She's an insult to those who would do it properly the highest institution needs some of the highest honor and credentials you can't just have people that just lie about their life and just because they fit all the boxes of affirmative action hires

[@tijuanajohnson2297]

Are you in America or what 🫴🏽😂 because giving that a hand is laughable

[@sonotdown998]

I bet you every “diversity hire” knows what a run-on sentence is.

[@noneyabizz8337]

Also, it's quite insulting to not approach this issue honestly but instead to try to smoke screen with the same tired low wit leftist tropes.

[@scarletsletter4466]

Thank God this monster is out. It was getting embarrassing to have Harvard on resume. Plagiarism + disastrous testimony = fired. She hadn’t even been on the job for a year, so nothing of value was lost 😂

[@richardstephens5570]

She wasn't fired, just demoted(she's still a faculty member).

[@chrisstock6505]

Just because she agrees with your side you will let her get away with infractions no student would be able to get away with at any of these schools. Taking someone else's work without credit is plagiarism's definition. It was his words not mine.

[@user-vj2pp1oy1x]

Textbook example of what happens when DEI replaces merit

[@nirit3000]

Bye🖐️

[@iginbltn3859]

She and her cohorts are so horrific that there is nothing else to discuss, except she should have been fired. She has no excuses. As a black, woman whatever...

[@VincentCheval]

I disagree with the argument of the guest when he says "In academic circle, plagiarism can also mean incorrectly citing things". That's completely wrong. Being an academic myself, there is a world of difference between wrongly citing previous works and plagiarism.

[@philosophicallyspeaking6463]

You can't practice academic misconduct and be president of and academic institution. PERIOD! Its not political, its ethical.

[@ryblack5032]

Msnbc Hate having to Report Real News like this 😂😂😂😂

[@GenghisWanghis]

If they were any worse they'd lie about it and payout $787 million in a settlement for lying and defaming people like fox news does 😂😂😂

[@miccuzzzo]

How is this real news ? What does this have to do with anything

[@playmeortrademe]

@@miccuzzzoit’s not like one of the most prestigious schools in the world or anything…

[@herewegoagain...]

@@miccuzzzo The President of arguably the most prestigious university in the world being forced to resign due to not being able to condemn people who call for the genocide of Jews is not newsworthy to you? What, exactly is? Because according to MSNBC, pushing a fake narrative invented by the Clinton campaign with zero corroboration is what is actually newsworthy.

[@Qthekat1984]

MSDNC/MSTDS hates reporting truth of any kind. 😂 I'm glad to see the sheep waking up 😁 The MM will pay for their crimes.

[@sanfordt.6856]

i wonder if the Jewish students think ''its a shame''

[@MetalMaineiac]

thanks msnbc we knew exactly how this would go, who really thought Jason would actually hold her accountable😏

[@mallred32]

Its not that hard to figure out. Everyone has been warned about woke culture. They will eventually eat their own. Its impossible to be perfect, but woke culture requires being perfect to an ever changing ruleset. It’s inevitable.

[@JDe-lj6bl]

no woke is a baatardization of what black people would tell each other to be aware of their surroundings in amerikkka

[@jeanlilley3139]

Did this first guy just change his viewpoint after this other guy gave his view? Why does racism always become an issue when deciding any issue involving a person of color? I think any viewpoint should be based on the facts of the argument, especially in this issue of the right person for this job. Our color of skin does not make us different but helps us view each other as an equal creation of God with unique and special talents to bring to the position.

[@hjong8830]

If we have so-called systemic racism, it seems to be against white people. Seems to me that people of color, especially black people, get a pass bc everything falls to racism against them 🙄

[@tijuanajohnson2297]

It is cringing how people suddenly see racist issues from the black people and waiting for them to bail-out as if they OWE THEM something. Simply cringing

[@puremotion2212]

Right on, brother. But they did not hear you. These people lean their way not the truthful way.

[@myndgodandpsyche]

She plagiarized she's a fake and she still gets a 900k salary? Smh

[@user-th4ri8dt9s]

how does bro say its impossible to preform well when given a yes or no question

[@grtjr71]

Not sure what the problem with the questions the senators asked. They were straight foward and easy to answer for a rational, moral person.

[@billolsen4360]

That's not Jason Johnson, then.

[@Fenristripplex]

I guess black gives you free reign to break the rules.

[@bw7249]

This dude don’t think pages of lousily reworded paragraphs as plagiarism? Get out of here man

[@waldoputty3555]

plagarism and repeated practice of plagarism is definite reason for firing her. furthermore she should lose her phd and her professor job. the harvard board should also be fired for the shameful attempt in sweeping it under a rug. currier house alum

[@Triplesteeple]

The gentleman on the video screen seems reactive, is less measured and thoughtful than the first speaker … nobody forced the Harvard president to say the things she said no matter the setting. The ideas the second espouses is the reason Americans no longer fear people like him. People don’t care to be a called, unfairly, a racist anymore and push back and say, despite his color, he sounds more like a racist than any person I’ve ever personally encountered. - that is why the ideas he holds no longer have the, fear-mongering power they used to to silence others. People like him divide our country while the first speaker’s ideas unify.

[@user-wr4yl7tx3w]

Stephanie you can do better than this. You need to push back against hypocrites on your show harder. They cheapen your broadcast.

[@kcb5150]

I can't believe how relatively flippant they are about plagarism in the academic setting... From everything I have read she was transposing chunks of other academic papers and changing a word here or a little grammar there which basically means she knew it was bad and was trying to muddy the waters enough to create wiggle room.

[@ausquiano29]

Oh and so its the Replublican's fault? NO Freaken personal responsiblity!!! I'm soo tired of this crap

[@Design770]

America needs a hard reset

[@FairPlayGaming]

The bias here is absurd; she was asked to condemn terrorism, the act of murdering and terrifying people for political purposes, as well as the very real threat of violence towards Jewish students on her campus, and she doubled down on her own stupidity. The plagiarism stuff is just the icing on the cake. Had she said "Terrorism = bad, violence = bad", she would still have had her job.

[@vikrantnalkur4422]

You should read the touching resignation letter she wrote. It went "Four score and seven years ago, I had a dream where I reflected on why I shouldn't ask what my country did for me, but rather what I did for my country".

[@eriklarsen4291]

Affirmative action 101

[@presto709]

Jason Johnson is obviously making excuses. She was asked the simple question "Is supporting genocide against Harvard's Code of conduct and she waffled!

[@billolsen4360]

Then, she's a bozo and so is jason johnson

[@alecday3775]

That is a basic yes or no question. The fact that she meandered like she did really proves that she wasn't fit for the job. What really gets me though is that it took this long to FINALLY get her out of Harvard. I mean, the attacks on the Jewish students happened all the way back in October and she was DEFENDED but it is the plagiarism that finally got her out of there? Really goes to show just how hated the Jews actually are and it is DISGUSTING.

[@bigwinhunter2950]

Always run for the race card.

[@simplystreeptacular]

It's almost like plagiarism and antisemitism are bad, or something.

[@skibum415]

Every college class that I took required its syllabus be run through during the first day. In that syllabus was a significant section on plagiarism: what it is, consequences for committing, why it is important to properly cite sources (quotes, quote blocks, bibliography, etc.) and add new ideas while using sources as support. This even occurred in math courses. To see the PRESIDENT of Harvard be constantly excused for AT LEAST 50 (FIFTY) instances of plagiarism where SIGNIFICANT portions of work are lifted from the original, frequently without ANY attribution, not simply improperly placing quotes in one or two places within an article as Jason suggests. Please read the Washington Free Beacon’s investigation as they put her work and the original, side-by-side. For Jason Johnson, a teacher, to walk into winter semester and expect to have any credibility upholding academic standards, is a joke after seeing this segment.

[@elijahac138]

So she stole stuff or just didnt quote it correctly

[@doricetimko5403]

Lol

[@soltantio]

​@@elijahac138she claimed other people's ideas were her own. So she stole stuff. And this isn't like somebody who plagiarized in college but was hired for other accomplishments that have nothing to do with that. These Publications she had where she stole other people's work were what she used in order to be hired. Also he talks about this as though she was set up to begin with to fail. She failed at that hearing and then the plagiarism came out afterwards. How can African Americans expect people to trust that they are qualified for their positions if people like this guy claimed that she should have the position even though she's not qualified for it!

[@skibum415]

@@elijahac138 Both.

[@southphillylilly]

She never deserved to that job. Imagine if she said these things about the LGBT community or BLM

[@vmurvmur4937]

?

[@jl696]

Correct. She was unqualified for the position both academically and ethically. Also, these things are routinely said about white people without any repercussions.

[@pseudohippie55]

She is the President of an Ivy League school and plagiarized multiple works. If a student plagiarized as much as she did, they'd be expelled. She should be held to the same standards. If she wasn't made to resign, any student could plagiarize every assignment, including their thesis, and Harvard would have no leg to stand on in expelling them.

[@willshad]

I had no idea Steve Urkel was president of Harvard.

[@mickpratt8327]

A sham? All she needed to do is answer whether calls for genocide violated Harvards' code of conduct or ethics. It's not the spooky Republicans fault that these administrators failed miserably to adequately answer the question to the point that alumni donors were threatening to cut them off.

[@tijuanajohnson2297]

The word genocide alone will have people squirming in their seats and point fingers at particulars so let’s no pretend we talking about anniversaries

[@joecohen8719]

No one is mentioning why the person who caught her plagerism is scared to reveal himself. That’s really the remarkable part of this story.

[@timothyadcock5103]

We all [used to] sign a plagiarism agreement in middle school.

[@user-nx6qr1mt6f]

It’s almost as if we get more problems when we hire based upon everything BUT skill level that we end up with poor performance, acrimony, divisions and finger pointing. Whodathunkit?