UCLA Med School Students Failing Exams Under DEI

[Irie]

A blockbuster report by independent journalist Aaron Sibarium claims that roughly 50% of UCLA medical students have been failing their exams after the university lowered its admission standards, according to ZeroHedge.

“Led by Lucero, who also serves as the DEI czar of UCLA’s anesthesiology department, the admissions committee gives black and Latino applicants a pass for subpar metrics, four people who served on it said, while whites and Asians need near perfect scores to even be considered,” wrote Sibarium in a social media post on X.

Sibarium claimed that the increase in the failure rate started after Jennifer Lucero was hired as the dean of admissions for UCLA’s medical school in 2020.

“Isn’t this illegal? That’s a question a number of readers of Sibarium’s thread have asked. As Steve Sailer pointed out, yes: ‘Racial preferences at UCLA have been thrice outlawed: by California voters in 1996 and 2020 and by the Supreme Court in 2023.'”

[Lobo]

A "BLOCKBUSTER REPORT" by a rightwing agenda-driven writer for an extreme rightwing, low-credibility website, huh? ("Washington Free Beacon")

That sounds kind of like Mark's "BREAKING NEWS!" reports that Trump has been proved beyond all doubt to have won in a landslide in all 50 states plus DC...

[Irie]

Ryu

Aaron Sibarium is an American journalist. He is a staff writer at the Washington Free Beacon. He is a 2018 graduate of Yale University where he was editor of the opinion section of the Yale Daily News.^[1][2]

Sibarium found many of the instances of plagiarism committed by Harvard president Claudine Gay, which led to her resignation in 2023.^[3][4]

He was called a "rising star reporter" in a long 2023 profile feature in Politico.^[5]

[Irie]

And FYI, the author isn't a "rightwinger".

[Navy]

You're determined to stay in your little leftwing bubble, eh?

[Irie]

My sons med school dumped their DEI program for the same reasons the author points out.

[I-think4me]

https://www.drvinayprasad.com/p/why-no-one-is-right-about-ucla-medical

This article covers some of the questions I had after reading the free beacon article.  

[Lobo]

<<He was called a "rising star reporter" in a long 2023 profile feature in Politico.^[5]>>

The "rising star reporter" quote was by Tucker Carlson in the Politico article.

<< And FYI, the author isn't a "rightwinger".  >>

Of course he is. Mainstream media references prefer the term "conservative" to "rightwinger", but it amounts to the same thing. He's a staff writer -- not just a contributing writer -- at the explicitly far-rightwing Washington Free Beacon.

https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/washington-free-beacon/

RIGHT BIAS

These media sources are moderately to strongly biased toward conservative causes through story selection and/or political affiliation. They may utilize strong loaded words (wording that attempts to influence an audience by using appeal to emotion or stereotypes), publish misleading reports, and omit information that may damage conservative causes. Some sources in this category may be untrustworthy. See all Right Bias sources.

• Overall, we rate the Washington Free Beacon Right Biased based on story selection that favors the right and Mixed for factual reporting due to misleading and false claims.

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Factual Reporting: MIXED
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History

The Washington Free Beacon is an American politically conservative political journalism website that publishes news and opinion commentary. Founded in 2012, the editor-in-chief is Matthew Continetti.

The site is noted for its conservative reporting, modeled after liberal counterparts in the media such as ThinkProgress and Talking Points Memo, intended to publicize stories and influence mainstream media coverage.

From October 2015 to May 2016, the Washington Free Beacon hired Fusion GPS to conduct opposition research on “multiple candidates” during the 2016 presidential election, including Donald Trump. The Free Beacon stopped funding this research when Donald Trump had clinched the Republican nomination.

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Analysis / Bias

In review, the Washington Free Beacon often uses loaded words in their headlines that favor the right such as Michael Moore’s Ex-Wife Claims He Stiffed Her out of Movie Profits. The Free Beacon usually sources its information properly but occasionally uses Mixed factual sources. Regarding factual reporting, the Washington Free Beacon has a mixed track record. See below.

Failed Fact Checks

• Gender Pay Gap in Clinton’s Senate Office? – False
• 7 Hillary Clinton quotes on the Internet that are complete fakes – False
• Minnesota Democrat Ilhan Omar held “secret fundraisers” with “Islamic groups tied to terror.” – False
• In the summer of 2019, based on advice from an advocate general, the European Court of Justice required “Jewish-made” products to be labeled as such. – False
• Biden Administration To Fund Crack Pipes, Heroin – False
• “The Biden administration is floating a new” climate strategy: Don’t leave your house.” – Mostly False

Overall, we rate the Washington Free Beacon Right Biased based on story selection that favors the right and Mixed for factual reporting due to misleading and false claims.  (7/19/2016) Updated (D. Van Zandt 03/09/2023)

Source: https://freebeacon.com/

[Lobo]

<< You're determined to stay in your little leftwing bubble, eh?  >>

Are "rightwing" and "leftwing" the only choices available? The point is that it's not an objective study. It would be the same if it was done by a leftwing website like "Daily Kos" or "Mother Jones". Whatever "side" they're on, it doesn't automatically make them wrong,  but at the very least  ideological, partisan, or agenda-driven sources are unquestionably biased in which facts they choose to amplify, downplay, or even ignore, and in how they choose to present them.

[Irie]

Care to try to discount the actual reportage?    

My money is on "your source sucks"