Is Harvard The Battle of Midway in Restoring Education? – Flopping Aces

Now that the Claudine Gay story has died down in the news cycle, let’s look at how much bigger this story can end up being. Where most of the pixels spilled over this story ended with the pushback that got gay “fired” to only getting paid $900K per year, that turned out to be only the beginning.

Billionaire Bill Ackman decided to stop donating to his alma mater, and led the charge to have Gay removed. But then The Empire Struck Back, via a Business Insider hit piece that tried to smear his wife with with plagiarism charges. One might question the wisdom of trying to slander a billionaire with a penchant for fighting, and we’re in the early stages of seeing why this was a bad idea. But that’s not the best part.