Are college professors biased?

The argument:

Ideologues at the lectern
By David Horowitz

STEPHEN ZELNICK is a political moderate who has taught in the English department at Temple University for 37 years. He has served as president of the faculty senate, as director of the university's writing programs and, more recently, was vice provost for undergraduate studies.

On Jan. 10, Zelnick and I testified as witnesses before a Pennsylvania House Committee on Academic Freedom, possibly the first such committee in the history of higher education in America.

Zelnick told the legislators that as director of two undergraduate programs, he had observed the classes of more than 100 teachers. He had "seen excellent, indifferent and miserable teaching," he said.

But in all those courses, he added, "I have rarely heard a kind word for the United States, for the riches of our marketplace, for the vast economic and creative opportunities made available for energetic and creative people (that is, for our students); for family life, for marriage, for love, or for religion."

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The rebuttal:

LA Times continues to publish David Horowitz despite his history of misinformation

Summary: The Los Angeles Times printed an op-ed by David Horowitz regarding academic freedom on college campuses despite his history of false statements and unsupported allegations on this very topic. The op-ed marked the 29th time Horowitz has been published in the Times, according to a Nexis search.

On January 22, the Los Angeles Times printed an op-ed by right-wing pundit David Horowitz, who claimed that "a student's right to an intellectually honest, intellectually diverse education [is] in jeopardy because of professors -- particularly from the left -- who were determined to indoctrinate students with their own political opinions." The Times allowed him space on its opinion page as an expert on the topic of "academic freedom" despite his extensive record of false statements and unsupported allegations on this very topic. Horowitz's January 22 op-ed marked the 29th time Horowitz has been published in the Los Angeles Times since 1990, according to a Nexis search.

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