George Cicciarello-Maher, a brilliant political theorist at Drexel, has been the target of a right-wing harassment campaign led by the sorry likes of Mike Cernovich and Breitbart media. In a very short-sighted, weak response to this Twitter outrage campaign, Drexel issued a statement disavowing George, calling his statements on Twitter “reprehensible,” and suggesting some sort of discipline to come. I’d encourage everyone to push back against Drexel’s ill-advised response to a very loud, increasingly organized online mob. It’s hard to understand what Drexel think it’s accomplished here: if the university had simply ignored the Christmas Eve rantings of professional bigots on Twitter, it would all be forgotten by now. The story only still exists because Drexel issued a statement. This is either very poor media relations practice or something more ominous.
Feel free to copy the letter below, or change it. The addresses you need are:President John Anderson Fry (jaf@drexel.edu), Provost M. Brian Blake (mbrian.blake@drexel.edu), and Executive Director of Media Relations Niki…
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Where can I find updated podcasts/recordings of the Punkonomics show?
Thanks!
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Thanks for asking! We have been spotty these past 3-4 months and are taking a break until summer (professional and health reasons). We did post a number of video recordings of the show on facebook so that’s where recent media is. Expect a revamped punkonomics by the end of summer and, again, many thanks of listening.
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