James Comey, Student Journalist
Reaction to a series about black students and faculty at the College of William & Mary was swift
Here’s how one professor at the College of William & Mary responded in 1980 to a three-part investigation by James Comey for student newspaper The Flat Hat about the challenges of recruiting and retaining black students and faculty members:
‘Jim Comey, staff writer, ought not to compete with the National Enquirer,’ said Victor Liguori, an associate professor of sociology. ‘Prior to setting fingers to typewriter, he should know well that Dr. Edmonds’s faulty, irresponsible analysis of that complex process called affirmative action may well reflect the dynamics of his own thinking, but not that of serious students of sociology.’
Adam Harris, a reporter for The Chronicle of Higher Education, decided to revisit this Comey history in the shadow of the deposed FBI director’s testimony on the Hill.
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