Jill Abramson - Commencement Speaker

[jhmd2000]

I'm hearing that every major media outlet has been asking for credentials for tomorrow, and getting turned down. The NYT among them. Love it.

Some are there. MSNBC reported from campus this morning.

He said major.

 

[Biff Tannen]

Lots of Wake Forest mentions on NPR this afternoon.

 

[CHillDeac]

Video of her speech here.


http://www.bloomberg.com/video/jill-abramson-to-grads-get-on-with-your-knitting-kkhqM1FoS~C9qvgi6plkSg.html

 

['15 Deac]

Curious what your issues with him are.

Um he sucks, is completely disconnected with: students, Wake Forest's history, athletics, and anyone who doesn't have $$$$$$$ that many dollar signs on their paycheck, is running the school on a flawed model (don't want to get into this part too much, but cutting faculty health care and raising tuition every year = bad), etc.

Those are a few of mine at least.

 

[DistrictDeacon]

Um he sucks, is completely disconnected with: students, Wake Forest's history, athletics, and anyone who doesn't have $$$$$$$ that many dollar signs on their paycheck, is running the school on a flawed model (don't want to get into this part too much, but cutting faculty health care and raising tuition every year = bad), etc.

Those are a few of mine at least.

Plus he has public ally confused Wake for Notre Dame multiple times.

 

['15 Deac]

Plus he has publically confused Wake for Notre Dame multiple times.

And this. Like seriously how the fuck do you do that? It'd be like if Obama made a speech and said he was proud to be serving the people of Illinois.

 

[tsywake]

Got airtime on the NBC, CBS, and ABC nightly news.

 

[Deacfreak07]

Got airtime on the NBC, CBS, and ABC nightly news.

Doesn't matter, not Fox.

 

[bym051d]

Doesn't matter, not Fox.

They were very disappointed she didn't talk about Benghazi.

 

[morrison2951]

Congrats to my son and fellow 2014 WF graduates- GO DEACS!

AWESOME DAY FOR A GRADUATION ON THE QUAD!

 

[deacondamo]

Congrats to my son and fellow 2014 WF graduates- GO DEACS!

AWESOME DAY FOR A GRADUATION ON THE QUAD!

Congrats Morrison. That's great.

 

[UNCG Deac]

Doesn't matter, not Fox.

It actually did make Fox News. I graduated today and was excited to see it when I went to get lunch with my family.

I thought that the speech was weird. They had a laugh track and an applause track playing whenever she made a joke.

 

[TownieDeac]

It actually did make Fox News. I graduated today and was excited to see it when I went to get lunch with my family.

I thought that the speech was weird. They had a laugh track and an applause track playing whenever she made a joke.

Wait on Fox News or on the Quad?

 

[WinkinDeac]

It actually did make Fox News. I graduated today and was excited to see it when I went to get lunch with my family.

I thought that the speech was weird. They had a laugh track and an applause track playing whenever she made a joke.

what in the world are you talking about?

 

[Wakeforest22890]

The speech was fantastic IMO. Short, to the point, concise, witty, and funny.

 

[Wakeforest22890]

They were very disappointed she didn't talk about Benghazi.

/JHMD/ Jill Abramson didn't talk about Benghazi? Obama must be hiding the emails /JHMD/

 

[BDL]

Yeah there was definitely piped in applause

 

[Deacfreak07]

Yeah there was definitely piped in applause

Sure the mics on the dais weren't just picking up the applause from the faculty?

 

[West End Deac]

So this. The applause from those behind the mic - that's what you heard.

Sure the mics on the dais weren't just picking up the applause from the faculty?

 

[WinkinDeac]

So this. The applause from those behind the mic - that's what you heard.

I'm gonna have to agree with that. I was in front near the stage and didn't hear anything like that. It doesn't sound like a WFU kind of thing to do for a graduation ceremony. A [Redacted] presser could have used a laugh track, no need for applause.