Al Gore has taught his final journalism class at Columbia University. His tenure as a visiting professor ended yesterday. And his students are less than impressed.
One student, Seth Solomonow, said, "It's really a problem to have a professor who's afraid to say what he thinks."
Another, Michael Arnone, said, "I learned how to interact with a very intelligent, highly connected and experienced source who isn´t there to tell me what I want to know; he's there to tell me what he wants me to know."
Students told the New York Times they felt cheated. They complained that Gore treated them more like a studio audience than aspiring journalists when he brought in guests like Rupert Murdoch, David Letterman, and Alan Greenspan. He refused to answer students' questions about the presidential election. Gore also refused to answer questions if they involved his political past, present, or future.
Essentially, in his own journalism class, Al Gore wouldn't let his students act like journalists.
What have the students learned? They've learned some of the key traits that make up a Democrat. A good Democrat bans the media from attending and skirts the tough questions. A good Democrat thinks he has the best ideas as to how things should be and attempts to indoctrinate his audience accordingly. And a good Democrat elitist doesn't treat his audience like mature adults.
It's an important lesson.
Now...what would have happened if a Republican had tried to teach a journalism course at Columbia?
http://www.newsmax.com/showinsidecover.shtml?a=2001/5/3/162903
One student, Seth Solomonow, said, "It's really a problem to have a professor who's afraid to say what he thinks."
Another, Michael Arnone, said, "I learned how to interact with a very intelligent, highly connected and experienced source who isn´t there to tell me what I want to know; he's there to tell me what he wants me to know."
Students told the New York Times they felt cheated. They complained that Gore treated them more like a studio audience than aspiring journalists when he brought in guests like Rupert Murdoch, David Letterman, and Alan Greenspan. He refused to answer students' questions about the presidential election. Gore also refused to answer questions if they involved his political past, present, or future.
Essentially, in his own journalism class, Al Gore wouldn't let his students act like journalists.
What have the students learned? They've learned some of the key traits that make up a Democrat. A good Democrat bans the media from attending and skirts the tough questions. A good Democrat thinks he has the best ideas as to how things should be and attempts to indoctrinate his audience accordingly. And a good Democrat elitist doesn't treat his audience like mature adults.
It's an important lesson.
Now...what would have happened if a Republican had tried to teach a journalism course at Columbia?
http://www.newsmax.com/showinsidecover.shtml?a=2001/5/3/162903
