Presidents of MIT, UPenn and Harvard testify on Capitol Hill over rise in antisemitism on campuses

The presidents of MIT, UPenn and Harvard testified on Capitol Hill today about how to protect free speech and student safety while combating antisemitism and Islamophobia. NBC News’ Stephanie Gosk reports.

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[Johnwis-gpyy]

Very very superficial reporting. The answers those women gave were insult to humanity and reason and You deliberately cut them out to paint a better picture of US campuses

[seanrc]

The questioning of the university presidents has been heavily edited in the university presidents’ favor by NBC here. In watching the vast majority of their testimony, I noted a deplorable lack of leadership, and constant prevarication. They refused to say that declaring intifada and a desire for the slaying of Jews was wrong or even against their code of conduct. Only the MIT president attempted to answer questions sincerely. The others showed an utter lack of leadership character and should have no place leading places of learning.

[ngkaimin]

All the Presidents must be sacked.
Code of conduct and moral clarity in university is a must.

[Dr-]

They don’t agree to speech about there being only two genders, but antisemitism is fine.

[jordankoop]

Weak weak review of both the congressional hearings and the issue. NBC this is a disappointing subdued report of the expulsion of antisemitism full stop. Islamophobia is not the issue. Jews don’t feel safe on campus!

[MRHallAuthor]

Shakespeare nailed it with these three:
'When shall we three meet again? ... Fair is foul, and foul is fair; hover through the fog and filthy air.'

[michaelstark]

Imagine if the protests were against BLACK students. Need I say more?

[scottjones]

This was just awful reporting of the real substance of these hearings - but who should be surprised by inaccurate or incomplete summarizations coming from NBC News?
Expect the antisemitism at those institutions of supposed higher learning to continue unabated because it has become clear that despicable point of view reflects the true sentiment of a large segment, maybe majority, of the administrators professors, & students there. All 3 of these disgraceful college presidents consistently refused to answer reasonable yes/no questions or reflect honestly on what is really going on at their campuses because they knew if they had done so, they would very soon be facing serious campus protests aimed directly at themselves.

[idanst]

Please go on to whatch the full interrogation. This report is a joke.

[wyy]

3 of them are the cynical representation of educationists

[xexlalalan]

Shame on three presidents! As well as the NBC News.

[NiftyChrono]

So we went from the ok sign being unacceptable white supremacist dog whistle to calls for genocide of Jews depends on the context.

[AmericanFlyOnTheWall]

Absolutely despicable, especially from the Black lady. They should have asked her if support for the genocide of people of African descent is ok, too.

[sangramk]

How shameless of NBC. Left out the main question from your reportage

[DavidTa]

Imagine hating someone for their hair colour, or height, , , , or race... it just makes zero sense.

[hgross]

Objectively terrible journalism on this one

[MattieShiloh]

Horrible reporting btw, you should’ve shown the presidents’ refusal to answer certain questions and their never ending smirking

[KathyH]

Question, any conservatives on your board or professors teaching? Answer we welcome all backgrounds… the question was is there any conservatives at your college’s now? Answer well have to get back to you…So no there aren’t, and the 1 or 2 that may be at your college’s collectively are afraid to speak out! THATS NOT DIVERSITY!

[marina]

Follow the money. Qatar sponsors both HAMAS and US universities.

[coolwheelz]

Three of the most dangerous women in America!