Conservative mag IJR mocks CNN reporter for lacking college degree, then edits article to act

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Clarke needs to go down along with Trump and his minions!

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Monday, May 22, 2017 02:49 PM CST
Conservative magazine IJR mocks CNN reporter for lacking college degree, then edits article to act like it never happened
IJR attacked the reporter who broke a story against a Trumpite, then changed their tone after backlash




The Independent Journal Review (IJR), a conservative publication based out of Washington, may be best known as the site that published a conspiracy-minded article that insinuated former President Barack Obama went to Hawaii and persuaded a federal judge there to strike down President Donald Trump’s travel ban.
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Which brings us to Sunday. CNN reported that Milwaukee Sheriff David Clarke — picked to be a member of Trump’s Department of Homeland Security — plagiarized sections of his 2013 thesis from the Naval Postgraduate School. The CNN report, anchored by investigative wunderkind Andrew Kaczynski, noted that Clarke did attribute his sources, but didn’t provide proper citations and attributions for sources, including taking direct sources and passing them off as paraphrasing.
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On Monday, IJR reacted to the news by attacking Kaczynski, writing: “Kaczynski has a resume that includes The Daily Beast’s 2013 ‘Best Beat’ award and New York Magazine’s 13th-most influential tweeter in New York City in 2014. However, his recent higher education accusations made people notice something missing from his resume — a college degree.” That line was noticed by reporters and editors.


That the IJR was going after someone for not having a college degree wasn’t lost on reporters, such as Time editor Ryan Beckwith.

The article was later edited to be conciliatory to Kaczynski. The headline was changed to “Sheriff Clarke denies plagiarism claim as his supporters go after the reporter who broke the story,” while the paragraph in question was changed to “So how did a handful of Clarke’s supporters respond? With an ad hominem attack pointing out that Kaczynski didn’t finish college.”.........................

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1. IJR: liars and propagandists. Ignore

All you need to know about IJR and the rest of the clickservative outlets:. (Rick Wilson is a GOP strategist)

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2. Multiple Reporters Do Not Have College Degrees

Chuck Todd and Brian Williams do not have college degrees. If I am correct Matt Lauer only recently (a few years ago) finished his college degree. There are probably many reporters and anchors who do not have college degrees.