Is Fox News a reliable news source for students to cite in their research reports or term papers?
According to a West Liberty University professor it is not.
Stephanie Wolfe, a visiting assistant professor at WLU, allegedly issued a syllabus that banned a few organizations as reliable citing sources for her political science class, according to upi.com.
Fox News, who has obtained a copy of Wolfe's syllabus says it reads like this:
"DO NOT use:
1) The Onion - this is not news this is literally a parody
2) Fox News - The tagline "Fox News" makes me cringe. Please do not subject me to this biased news station. I would almost rather you print off an article from the Onion"
Wolfe has caused quite a commotion among some of her students' parents who don't agree with her ban on the news channel as they perceive it as forced political bias and have taken their complaints to local media channels, WTOV reported.
The uproar was so bad that Robin Capehart, the President of WLU, had to act and sided with the parents (why not, they are the ones paying his salary after all).
"One of our values at West Liberty is to encourage students to go out and inquire and gather information and look at as many different sources as possible on any side, before you reach your opinion," Capehart told WTOV.
"Any attempt to limit the breadth of a student's ability to investigate is obviously something at which we have a concern," he added.
It isn't Wolfe, who is covering for another professor who is on leave, under pressure by the university and parents, has agreed to lift the ban, according to officials at the school, and, according to upi.com, It is unknown if action will be taken against the professor.
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