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Professor who called for ‘muscle’ to remove press no longer a professor
The communications professor who called for “muscle” to remove journalists from a public event on public property has imploded. It turns out that the people who run the Missouri School of Journalism still bitterly cling to the idea of a free press and didn’t appreciate one of their own advocating for anti-press thuggery. Therefore, she “resigned”.
There is still hope.
An assistant communications professor at the Missouri School of Journalism resigned from her courtesy appointment Tuesday after she was caught on video confronting a student journalist and attempting to block him from shooting photos on a public quad.
The video, showing University of Missouri protesters and Assistant Professor Melissa Click, was posted on Youtube shortly after University of Missouri System President Tim Wolfe resigned following a week of protests after his perceived lack of response to a series of racially-charged incidents.
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Earlier on Tuesday, [Dean of the Missouri School of Journalism David] Kurpius lambasted Click while lauding the photojournalist.“The Missouri School of Journalism is proud of photojournalism senior Tim Tai for how he handled himself during a protest on Carnahan Quad on the University of Missouri campus,” Kurpius said in Tuesday’s statement.
“The news media have First Amendment rights to cover public events,” Kurpius said. “Tai handled himself professionally and with poise.”
Tom Warhover, the executive editor of the Columbia Missourian, a university newspaper, told the Times he was “pretty incensed” about Tai’s treatment.
Source: http://therealrevo.com/blog/?p=137869
