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College prof bans students from citing the Onion and Fox News
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Posted on 02/15/2013 6:12:52 PM PST by chessplayer

A West Liberty University professor has been criticized on campus and off for telling her students not to use Fox News as a “serious academic reference.” Political science prof Stephanie Wolfe's course syllabus listed the sources her students were banned from citing in their research. The Onion was first, followed by Fox News. "The tagline ‘Fox News’ makes me cringe," she wrote.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: academia; foxnews; highereducation; leftismoncampus
But al-Jazeera is ok with the left.
1 posted on 02/15/2013 6:12:59 PM PST by chessplayer
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To: chessplayer

Al Jezzera and Jon Stewart are OK.


2 posted on 02/15/2013 6:17:05 PM PST by NoLibZone (We have the nation we deserve. Maybe next year after the big BBQÂ…)
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To: chessplayer

Pertinent info:
West Liberty University is located in West Liberty, West Virginia (near Wheeling).
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Here is a link to original story without having to parse it through MSN:
http://www.upi.com/blog/2013/02/15/Professor-bans-Fox-News-as-citing-reference-at-West-Liberty-University/9951360937602/


3 posted on 02/15/2013 6:22:09 PM PST by Repeal The 17th (We have met the enemy and he is us.)
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To: chessplayer

So’s CNN.


4 posted on 02/15/2013 6:23:56 PM PST by SandRat (Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
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To: chessplayer

Some one should quote “Animal Farm” to her. At least the parts that apply to her.


5 posted on 02/15/2013 6:24:18 PM PST by Mr. K (There are lies, damned lies, statistics, and democrat talking points.)
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To: chessplayer
"FoxNews" is the least of this nutjob's problems.

FMCDH(BITS)

6 posted on 02/15/2013 6:25:50 PM PST by nothingnew (I fear for my Republic due to marxist influence in our government. Open eyes/see)
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To: chessplayer

This from a campus that has a dormitory named Bonar Hall.


7 posted on 02/15/2013 6:26:07 PM PST by DallasBiff
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To: chessplayer

The ironically named university.


8 posted on 02/15/2013 6:26:42 PM PST by GSWarrior (Do you think Jack White and Jack Black get along?)
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To: chessplayer
"The tagline ‘Fox News’ makes me cringe."

Truth does that.

9 posted on 02/15/2013 6:27:09 PM PST by Savage Beast (The forces of decadence are the forces of evil.)
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To: chessplayer

I just sent her an email.


10 posted on 02/15/2013 6:27:30 PM PST by whitedog57
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To: Savage Beast

...to those who don’t like it.


11 posted on 02/15/2013 6:28:01 PM PST by Savage Beast (The forces of decadence are the forces of evil.)
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To: chessplayer
The University president obviously has good sense and has remedied the matter. Check out her image (doesn't she look exactly like you thought she would with her lesbo buzz cut?) and her Wiccan fertility symbol here: Witchy "Professor"
12 posted on 02/15/2013 6:33:47 PM PST by Bernard Marx
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To: chessplayer

My daughter had a Community College instructor tell her class the Wikipedia was OK, but Fox was not. Insane, but then, liberalism is a mental disease.


13 posted on 02/15/2013 6:57:51 PM PST by cyclotic (In a society of wolves, you do not fight back by creating more sheep-Dan Bongino)
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To: chessplayer

The Left...biologically allergic to the truth.


14 posted on 02/15/2013 7:34:02 PM PST by G Larry (Which of Obama's policies do you think I'd support if he were white?)
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To: chessplayer

I am sooo offended. I mean I understand the need to limit reference to Faux News but The Onion is THE most reliable source I know


15 posted on 02/15/2013 7:45:29 PM PST by Nifster
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To: Bernard Marx

Wow. Half the females in my town wear their hair short. Didn’t know they were lesbians until now. sarc/


16 posted on 02/15/2013 8:00:34 PM PST by chessplayer
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