Billionaire vows to tackle \u2018problems with how our media operates\u2019 after Neri Oxman accused of plagiarism in PhD thesis<\/p>\n
After the resignation of the Harvard president, Claudine Gay, amid accusations of plagiarism, some might have expected Bill Ackman, the billionaire hedge fund manager, to step back from what became a rightwing push against academia.<\/p>\n
Instead, Ackman, who became embroiled in university politics after students protested against Israel\u2019s actions in Palestine, appears to have expanded his scattergun attack against other perceived liberal institutions, with news organizations and the media now in his sights.<\/p>\n
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