OneNewsNow – April 14, 2010
Commencements tilting decidedly left
By Bill Bumpas and Jody Brown

As colleges and universities across the country get ready for spring graduation ceremonies, one conservative organization is releasing data it says shows a “clear liberal bias” in schools’ selection of commencement speakers.

CampusReform.org is composing a growing list of 2010 commencement speakers.  So far the list includes more than 160 names – and the ratio of speakers known to be left of center to those known to be right of center is nearly 4-to-1.  The list of “left-leaning” speakers includes such notables as President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, TV anchor Katie Couric, actor Alec Baldwin, Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, former President Bill Clinton, and former Vice President Al Gore.

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