Seems Like Targeting

Published: Feb. 9, 2024, 3:12 a.m.

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Recently Claudine Gay resigned as President of Harvard over plagiarism accusations and a fumbled Congressional testimony on anti-Semitism.

The plagiarism was discovered by conservative journalists Chris Rufo and Chris Brunet. It would be quite a coincidence for them to find it at exactly the moment Gay was already under attack for her anti-Semitism testimony. More likely, they either:

  • Found it a while ago, and kept it in reserve for a time when Gay was in the news

  • Or were angry about Gay\u2019s testimony, looked for dirt on her, and found it.

I think this is obvious to everyone, but I hadn\u2019t seen anyone make it explicit, and I think it should be.

I\u2019m not criticizing Rufo and Brunet. Investigative journalism is important, they found a real scandal, and they have every right to bring it to light.

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