News of the Trump administration’s demands of Harvard University as a condition of continued access to federal funding broke today, and the liberal institutions are up in arms. The evening network newscasts went in on the story, defending Harvard like it was an illegal alien gangbanger about to get deported to El Salvador.
The lunacy spanned the dial, but the most egregious take came from the end of related reporting on the CBS Evening News: if Harvard’s federal funding is cut, PEOPLE WILL DIEEEEEEE:
JOHN DICKERSON: Well, Nikki, who is in Cambridge, Harvard is obviously not apologizing, it is doing the opposite. It is the biggest institution to push back in this way, and so given that, what are they worried about losing when this money goes away?
NIKKI BATISTE: I spoke with a medical school professor who says his department has been hit with…
