Monday’s edition of the PBS NewsHour featured disturbing equivocation about the Hamas slogan “from the river to the sea,” a reference to the eradication of Israel.
Host Geoff Bennett sounded reasonably tough on Harvard University president Claudine Gay, now under fire for her callous equivocation during recent congressional testimony on anti-Semitism on “elite” college campuses.
Bennett: The president of Harvard University is still in her job at this hour, but there’s been a real debate about whether she should be allowed to stay. There are dueling letters from Harvard’s broader community, one calling on the university’s governing board to force her out, and one asking the university to support her….
Reporter Laura Barron-Lopez played the “whatabout” game with the Republican questioner.
Barron-Lopez: At Harvard University, turmoil over the…