Talia Lavin can have her social justice; we prefer the poetic kind. And if this isn’t poetic justice, we don’t know what is:
NYU has canceled the class "Reporting on the Far Right" originally going to be taught by Talia Lavin after only two students signed up
Lavin resigned from the New Yorker last year after falsely accusing a disabled ICE agent of having a Nazi tattoohttps://t.co/RLenvAHmZ4
— Jon Levine (@LevineJonathan) May 30, 2019
More from The Wrap:
Adam Penenberg, director of undergraduate studies at NYU’s Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute, said that low enrollment forced him to cancel the class. “Canceling the class had nothing to do with Talia’s writings, tweets, or anything else. We cancelled it because too few students enrolled,” Penenberg added.
Lavin did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Weird. She’s usually got so much to say! More:
Penenberg also said it was unlikely his department would invite Lavin back. “It would make no sense to try it again, given how few students expressed interest,” he said. “We have no plans to offer Talia another course, simply because her main focus (and the focus of her upcoming book) is the far right.”
The icing on the cake?
Lavin's faculty bio has been scrubbed from the NYU website https://t.co/VnJ9jY62Yz pic.twitter.com/Mw5gZXcmlp
— Jon Levine (@LevineJonathan) May 30, 2019
We seem to have misplaced our tiny violins.
Why is this national news?
— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) May 30, 2019
Because members of our national news media went to bat for Lavin when she made an ass of herself. Repeatedly. And also because it’s hilarious, Molly.
— Dan Stringer, Big Septic Lobbyist (@Danstringer74) May 30, 2019
I'm not laughing my ass off at this hack's continued abject failure. Really, I'm not… pic.twitter.com/xEZUwKEgb7
— Jevaughn Brown ?+++ (@Jevaughn_Brown) May 30, 2019
— Miley ? (@Mileystan3) May 30, 2019
— Tilden Katz (@B0B0atStern697) May 30, 2019
All I can say pic.twitter.com/CVzNDjvckc
— Lubomir Klinga (@lklinga) May 30, 2019
— Farage's Milkshake Protector Hat (@ThatBlackHatter) May 30, 2019
— Senator Breadquanda (@ValnosFloofdog) May 30, 2019
you have to laugh. https://t.co/iyhu7NGCcV
— Esoteric Jeff (@EsotericCD) May 30, 2019
Hell yeah, you do.
Hiring the person who claimed "learn to code" started on 4-chan to teach a class about covering the far-right was a great idea. https://t.co/liRJxn9RW7
— BT (@back_ttys) May 30, 2019
Good to know the students have sense even if the administration doesn’t. https://t.co/PJ1wStcDf3
— Kerfuffle Actual? (@shoshido) May 30, 2019
So the students are smarter than the administration. Hope for the future.
— My Boss Sucks (@nivratsmom) May 30, 2019
Not only does Lavin look stupid here, but NYU does, too. You’d better believe we’re going to milk this one for all it’s worth.
Might she go on to enroll onto a coding class?
— Ramon Berenguer IV (@ComteBerenguer) May 30, 2019
Guess she better …
… learn to code ? https://t.co/uZgt8yQxK6
— Amber Athey (@amber_athey) May 30, 2019
That joke will never get old. Not when it comes to her, anyway:
btw, if any other journos targeted by layoffs are getting masses of “learn to code” harassment, it was coordinated on 4chan (of course) pic.twitter.com/DtpinjWhID
— Talia Lavin (@chick_in_kiev) January 25, 2019
Delicious.
— Pete Escoto ?? (@Pitsspit) May 30, 2019
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