UC Berkeley Through the Eyes of Conservative British Scholars

Posted by sunshinethewerewolf 05/27/2008 5:39 PM

Tags: economist, journalism, protestors, running wolf, tree huggers

UC Berkeley Through the Eyes of Conservative British Scholars

John Cleese minus humor and charm = writers of The Economist

The Economist, Britain's economic periodical that flaunts ads for fancy watches and internships at banks you've never heard of, wrote a little something-something about Berkeley the other day.

Read it here.

Is this bad journalism or what? I see no full sentence quotations, no evidence of an actual interview, and no evidence of any staff member actually contacting anyone from the city or campus.

Everyone has something to say about Berkeley citizens and students, and it seems like The Economist knows the least.

Comments

Anonymous says,

Geez, I thought the the Daily Cal was bad. Am I the only one who found this line incredibly offensive:

<i><b>Today, they study. Berkeley's largest ethnic group is Asian-American.</b> The ageing hippies in the city council find them shockingly conservative.</i>

Umm. That's definitely the first time I've heard anybody blame "The Asians" for Berkeley's lack of enthusiasm. Posted 05/27/2008 11:25 PMReply

Anonymous says,

Previous comment from yaman Posted 05/27/2008 11:26 PMReply