Where can I find additional information on the Seattle Times running a misleading piece?
The Seattle Times is running what amounts to a hatchet job on Democratic Congressional contender Darcy Burner, seizing on a quip she made at a recent debate and manipulating the facts to make it appear as if Burner has been lying about her academic degree. In her opening statement at an October 10, 2008 debate, Burner said, “I loved economics so much that I got a degree in it from Harvard…Now everywhere I go in this district, the only thing people want to talk to me about is the economy.” From there, reporter Emily Heffter leaps to this conclusion: “But Burner doesn’t have an economics degree from Harvard.” In fact, she does. Harvard graduate and Open Left blogger Matt Stoller explains in detail: Having gone to Harvard, I know how this works. You get a degree under one department, take classes in another, write a thesis joining the two, and that thesis is reviewed by professors from both departments. It’s actually much harder to get a joint degree, but the registrar shows a degree on
The Seattle Times is running what amounts to a hatchet job on Democratic Congressional contender Darcy Burner, seizing on a quip she made at a recent debate and manipulating the facts to make it appear as if Burner has been lying about her academic degree. In her opening statement at an October 10, 2008 debate, Burner said, “I loved economics so much that I got a degree in it from Harvard…Now everywhere I go in this district, the only thing people want to talk to me about is the economy.” From there, reporter Emily Heffter leaps to this conclusion: “But Burner doesn’t have an economics degree from Harvard.” In fact, she does. Harvard graduate and Open Left blogger Matt Stoller explains in detail: Having gone to Harvard, I know how this works. You get a degree under one department, take classes in another, write a thesis joining the two, and that thesis is reviewed by professors from both departments. It’s actually much harder to get a joint degree, but the registrar shows a degree on
