Suppose They Gave a Scandal…
Posted on December 12th, 2012 in Uncategorized | 2 Comments »
…and nobody cared?
I’m surprised, though less than I might once have been, that the follow-up to the New York Times story on Sudhir Venkatesh has been virtually nonexistent. Some blog posts by yours truly and others, and, at least in public…that’s about it.
I guess it’s unlikely that people without a direct stake in the matter would somehow make an issue of this just as a point of principle. What do you gain?
But one might consider whether you still want to put Venkatesh out there as a trusted source…as MSNBC does in this bit of punditry.
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It is a little awkward when, at about 1:30, host Melissa Harris-Perry describes Venkatesh as “one of [sociology’s] great pretenders.”
(Calling all Freudians: The New York Times piece was headlined “A Columbia Scholar Lives on the Edge.” Venkatesh describes Newark mayor Cory Booker as “known for being on the edge, as it were.” Connection?)
I am curious, though—if I had the time, I’d be looking at some of Venkatesh’s work to see if there’s a Stephen Glass/Jason Blair situation here. Which is really why I keep writing about someone I don’t know at a university I don’t care much about one way or the other: I do care about people posing as journalists making stuff up. And something doesn’t feel right here.
2 Responses
12/12/2023 9:53 pm
thanks for trying to keep this percolating a little bit. Definitely worthy of more attention. And some action by Columbia.
4/25/2014 1:15 am
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