Oberlin College Student Newspaper Editorial Blasts Jury Decision, Blames Verdict on “Authoritarian†United States
July 5, 2019, Accuracy in Academia, 7 Comments
The repercussions of social justice activism have resounded across college campuses after an Ohio jury agreed with Gibson Bakery and fined Oberlin College $44 million in damages for orchestrating a smear campaign against the family-run bakery. Oberlin College is a private liberal arts college in the small town of Oberlin, Ohio. But the Oberlin Review, the student newspaper at Oberlin College, took issue with the jury’s decision and the case’s coverage by the mainstream media and “right-wing†media.
The editorial criticized the jury’s verdict, but also the mainstream media’s coverage of the lawsuit. In their own words, the Oberlin Review claimed that the “stunning decision†to punish Oberlin College for its social justice activism “strikes a serious blow against free speech on college campuses across the country.†The Oberlin Review claimed that the entire story was not accurately reported on by the media: “Unfortunately, much of the coverage and commentary has either inaccurately represented the lawsuit and the events that led up to it, or has only presented parts of the larger story.â€
The Oberlin Review’s three main defenses of the college are the following:
https://www.academia.org/oberlin-college-student-newspaper-editorial-blasts-jury-decision-blames-verdict-on-authoritarian-united-states/
