The PBS News Hour ended Tuesday evening’s show to a discussion of the “chilling effect” of Trump’s executive actions on free speech on campus, based on the pro-Hamas agitators occupying campus quads and sometimes vandalizing campus buildings and attacking Jewish students, a segment slanted heavily toward the pro-Palestinian side.
No surprise there, given that a June 2024 Media Research Center study found the News Hour’s coverage to slant overwhelmingly toward the side of the protesters, downplaying their pro-Hamas, anti-Jewish rhetoric and of course, rediscovering the merits of “free speech” on campus after years of ignoring the squelching of conservative opinion on campus.
The long segment heavily featured Wesleyan University President Michael Roth, a pro-DEI administrator who has been outspoken in defense of the rights of the pro-Hamas campus agitators. He says he’s…
