"The death threats, Mary Willingham expected.
More shocking is that the University of North Carolina is now disavowing her research as a whistle-blower -- research that showed between 8% and 10% of the school's football and basketball players are reading below a third-grade level.
UNC issued a statement Wednesday night saying it did not believe Willingham's account of a basketball player who could not read or write.
Illiterates in big time college sports UNC reacts to illiteracy invesitgation
It went on: "University officials can't comment on the other statistical claims mentioned in the story because they have not seen that data. University officials have asked for that data, but those requests have not been met.""* Ana Kasparian, Jimmy Dore (TYT Comedy), Ben Mankiewicz and Michael Shure break it down on The Young Turks.
Read more here from Sara Ganim / CNN:
More shocking is that the University of North Carolina is now disavowing her research as a whistle-blower -- research that showed between 8% and 10% of the school's football and basketball players are reading below a third-grade level.
UNC issued a statement Wednesday night saying it did not believe Willingham's account of a basketball player who could not read or write.
Illiterates in big time college sports UNC reacts to illiteracy invesitgation
It went on: "University officials can't comment on the other statistical claims mentioned in the story because they have not seen that data. University officials have asked for that data, but those requests have not been met.""* Ana Kasparian, Jimmy Dore (TYT Comedy), Ben Mankiewicz and Michael Shure break it down on The Young Turks.
Read more here from Sara Ganim / CNN:
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