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North Carolina BBall & FBall Players Can't Read Very Well

The cover of the 3/3-3/9 issue.



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Because using FERPA to obfuscate has been such a winning strategy so far.
 
Wow that BusinessWeek cover is fantastic.
 
09deaconX said:
The response from the Carolina board is what you'd expect:

http://mbd.scout.com/mb.aspx?s=78&f=1414&t=12692119&p=1

The multiple responses of "TL: DR" is very ironic considering the charges in the article.
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This is my favorite:

Nominate | Report Posted: Yesterday 12:27 PM
[h=4]Re: Bloomberg Businessweek[/h]
Did those fake classes actually exist? I am looking for a defense that says she lied or was inaccurate about that.
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Did they actually exist? Really? UNC has admitted they existed and blamed them on the Prof and his assistant. Sometimes I think folks still defending Buzz are the ultimate in unsmartedness, and then I go read that board...
 
Never mind...I have a new favorite. This from a supposed "successful" and "responsible" adult with connections. He wrote this and copied the entire UNC BOT and leadership to the Chairman of Bloomberg who happens to be on the BOT. How can grown ass men have their head this far in the sand? No wonder things are so out of control over there.

Joseph C. Frierson said:
From: Frierson, Joe C - ATHENS GA
Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2014 11:40 AM
To: 'pgrauer@bloomberg.net'
Cc: 'wlcaud@email.unc.edu'; 'alstongardner@unc.edu'; 'sallieshupingrussell@icloud.com'; 'jeffbrown@mvalaw.com'; 'plclay@mit.edu'; 'haywoodcochrane@yahoo.com'; 'Don Curtis'; 'cgd@unc.edu'; 'kmhopkins@unc.edu'; 'slerner@bluehillgroup.com'; 'ddstone@unc.edu'; 'labden@live.unc.edu'; 'jdean@email.unc.edu'; 'chancellor@unc.edu'
Subject: Barrett's article



Peter,

That was the most one-sided, thin-on-facts article I have ever read and was unworthy of a news organization like Bloomberg.

The vast majority of the article was predicated on a “whistleblower” whose work is undeniably in question and whose motivations appear centered on book sales or fame.

As a Carolina graduate (and former athlete), I am astounded by the lack of journalistic integrity that Barrett has shown.

· He ignored the detailed, fact-driven analysis this week by one UNC learning specialist but embraced the rantings of another learning specialist whose facts are flawed at best and willfully misleading at worst?

· He embraced one sentence of Bradley Bethel’s blog that supports Willingham’s narrative but ignores the 98% that completely discredits most of Willingham’s claims?

· He asserts there was a “paper class system” for eligibility, despite, other than N’yangoro, there not being one single shred of evidence of his claim based on multiple reviews, including nearly 2 decades of analysis by a former Governor and a national audit firm.

· He supports a learning specialist making national headlines with devastating claims (that are possibly erroneous) but calls Jim Dean’s refutation and data-driven response out of line?

· He calls out Dean for “grossly distorting Willingham’s statements” but continues to use the false narrative about 500 grade changes when any cursory review of the Martin Report would show that only 18 grade changes over 15 years of analysis could have remotely affected eligibility.

· He subtly attempts to discredit the Martin Report, despite it being done by a respected Governor and a nationally respected audit firm. Are we to now assume they are in on the cover up? (Along with 3 Chancellors, multiple Provosts, Dean Smith, Roy Williams, 26 other athletic coaches, the Athletic Department, Office of Admissions and our faculty?)

· He suggests institutional corruption in admissions whereby we are enrolling unqualified athletes. Yet, every single one of our athletes has met the standards of the NCAA in both the SAT and GPA requirements. If we cannot rely on the SAT and GPA’s, what criteria does he suggest we use?

I could go on and on with the biased narrative that Barrett is perpetuating. But what good would it do? I know we can’t get a fair representation of the facts from Dan Kane, but now a respected organization like Bloomberg has little interest in the facts?

I would never expect you to stifle a story, no matter how deleterious to UNC. But I think a pretty basic expectation is that the story will be grounded in facts and that a whistleblower’s whistle will actually be real.

The University of North Carolina did wrong. We had a horrendous agent problem in football. Our controls were weak in tutoring. We had a rogue professor who had yet-to-be-determined motivations for easy classes. There are plenty of areas to criticize my university, our university, but this cover story was a gutless attempt at journalism and your organization should be embarrassed.

Sincerely,

Joe Frierson


Joseph C. Frierson, III
Senior Vice President - Wealth Management
Financial Advisor

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Merrill Lynch Global Wealth Management

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Would you invest your life's savings with this idiot?
 
DEACS76 said:
Would you invest your life's savings with this idiot?
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"As a Carolina graduate (and former athlete), I am astounded by the lack of journalistic integrity that Barrett has shown."

What the hell does being a Carolina grad and former athlete have to do with judging journalistic integrity anyway?
 
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