Mort Zuckerman Abruptly Ends Interview About U.S. News College Rankings

Mort Zuckerman, editor-in-chief of U.S. News & World Report and and co-publisher of the Daily News, abruptly ended an interview with the Chronicle of Higher Education for a special report on the recent controversy surrounding the ranking system that powers U.S. News‘ “America’s Best Colleges” — a.k.a its swimsuit issue.

Just how abruptly? Abrupt enough that the Chronicle‘s Evan Goldstein issued a press release detailing the incident:

Mort Zuckerman doesn’t appreciate any probing questions about the fairness or profit-making of his U.S.

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