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==Professor Watchlist==

==Professor Watchlist==

First appearing on November 21, 2016, Turning Point USA also operates a website called [[Professor Watchlist]].<ref name="auto1"/> Kirk has said the site is "dedicated to documenting and exposing college professors who discriminate against conservative students, promote anti-American values, and advance leftist propaganda in the classroom."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.snopes.com/news/2016/11/22/professor-watchlist-monitors-anti-american-leftist-educators/|title='Professor Watchlist' Monitors 'Anti-American,' 'Leftist' Educators|website=[[Snopes.com]]|last=LaCapria|first=Kim|date=November 22, 2016}}</ref> Tips are accepted from the public, and more than 250 professors are currently listed.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/dec/02/professor-watchlist-website-academic|title=Professor Watchlist website elicits both fear and ridicule in US universities|last=Sidahmed|first=Mazin|date=December 2, 2016|newspaper=The Guardian|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077|access-date=December 2, 2016}}</ref> The list contains many inaccuracies and includes professors listed for things they didn't exactly say or do and others listed for being rude to students or for making "clever remarks" about Trump.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/04/06/trump-young-conservatives-college-charlie-kirk-turning-point-usa-217829|title=Trump's Man on Campus|work=POLITICO Magazine|access-date=April 6, 2018}}</ref>

First appearing on November 21, 2016, Turning Point USA also operates a website called [[Professor Watchlist]].<ref name="auto1"/> Kirk has said the site is "dedicated to documenting and exposing college professors who discriminate against conservative students, promote anti-American values, and advance leftist propaganda in the classroom."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.snopes.com/news/2016/11/22/professor-watchlist-monitors-anti-american-leftist-educators/|title='Professor Watchlist' Monitors 'Anti-American,' 'Leftist' Educators|website=[[Snopes.com]]|last=LaCapria|first=Kim|date=November 22, 2016}}</ref> Tips are accepted from the public, and more than 250 professors are currently listed.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/dec/02/professor-watchlist-website-academic|title=Professor Watchlist website elicits both fear and ridicule in US universities|last=Sidahmed|first=Mazin|date=December 2, 2016|newspaper=The Guardian|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077|access-date=December 2, 2016}}</ref> Apologists claim the list contains some inaccuracies and includes professors listed for things they didn't exactly say or do and others listed for being rude to students or for making "clever remarks" about Trump.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/04/06/trump-young-conservatives-college-charlie-kirk-turning-point-usa-217829|title=Trump's Man on Campus|work=POLITICO Magazine|access-date=April 6, 2018}}</ref>

The website has been criticized for using [[surveillance]] type propaganda to manipulate ideas of truth, equality, and freedom.<ref name=threat/><ref>{{Citation|last=Schuman|first=Rebecca|title=Oh Good, a "Professor Watch List"|date=November 23, 2016|url=http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/education/2016/11/professor_watchlist_is_a_grotesque_catalog_of_left_leaning_academics.html|publisher=''[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]''|access-date=November 28, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|last=Flaherty|first=Colleen|title=Being Watched|date=November 22, 2016|url=https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2016/11/22/new-website-seeks-register-professors-accused-liberal-bias-and-anti-american-values|publisher=[[Inside Higher Ed]]|access-date=November 28, 2016}}</ref> Critics have compared Professor Watchlist to the actions of U.S. Senator [[Joseph McCarthy]], who tried to publicly identify American citizens as Communists and Communist sympathizers in the 1950s.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.voanews.com/a/conservative-us-website-targets-professors/3643967.html|title=Conservative US Website Targets Professors|last=Musto|first=Pete|newspaper=VOA|access-date=February 19, 2017|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.pasadenaweekly.com/2017/01/05/the-new-blacklist/|title=The New Blacklist|date=January 5, 2017|newspaper=[[Pasadena Weekly]]|access-date=February 19, 2017}}</ref> ''[[The New York Times]]'' wrote that it was "a threat to academic freedom,"<ref name=threat/> while ''[[Salon (website)|Salon]]'' commented that it was "a sign of the stupidity of the post truth era."<ref name="Salon">{{cite web|last1=McClennan|first1=Sofia A.|title=Academic witch hunts are back: The new McCarthyism, a sign of the stupidity of the post-truth era|url=http://www.salon.com/2016/12/04/academic-witch-hunts-are-back-the-new-mccarthyism-a-sign-of-the-stupidity-of-the-post-truth-era/|website=Salon.com|accessdate=January 30, 2018|date=December 4, 2016}}</ref>

The website has been criticized for using [[surveillance]] type propaganda to manipulate ideas of truth, equality, and freedom.<ref name=threat/><ref>{{Citation|last=Schuman|first=Rebecca|title=Oh Good, a "Professor Watch List"|date=November 23, 2016|url=http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/education/2016/11/professor_watchlist_is_a_grotesque_catalog_of_left_leaning_academics.html|publisher=''[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]''|access-date=November 28, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|last=Flaherty|first=Colleen|title=Being Watched|date=November 22, 2016|url=https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2016/11/22/new-website-seeks-register-professors-accused-liberal-bias-and-anti-american-values|publisher=[[Inside Higher Ed]]|access-date=November 28, 2016}}</ref> The usual "McCarthyite" smears have been employed by critics.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.voanews.com/a/conservative-us-website-targets-professors/3643967.html|title=Conservative US Website Targets Professors|last=Musto|first=Pete|newspaper=VOA|access-date=February 19, 2017|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.pasadenaweekly.com/2017/01/05/the-new-blacklist/|title=The New Blacklist|date=January 5, 2017|newspaper=[[Pasadena Weekly]]|access-date=February 19, 2017}}</ref> ''[[The New York Times]]'' claimed that it was "a threat to academic freedom,"<ref name=threat/> while ''[[Salon (website)|Salon]]'' commented that it was "a sign of the stupidity of the post truth era."<ref name="Salon">{{cite web|last1=McClennan|first1=Sofia A.|title=Academic witch hunts are back: The new McCarthyism, a sign of the stupidity of the post-truth era|url=http://www.salon.com/2016/12/04/academic-witch-hunts-are-back-the-new-mccarthyism-a-sign-of-the-stupidity-of-the-post-truth-era/|website=Salon.com|accessdate=January 30, 2018|date=December 4, 2016}}</ref>

In May 2017, [[Northern Arizona University]] criminology professor Luis Fernandez said Turning Point surveillance of him had led to multiple threats.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.fronterasdesk.org/content/10655/conservative-website-targets-nau-professors-over-student-complaints|title=Conservative Website Targets NAU Professors Over Student Complaints|website=Fronteras Desk|access-date=September 6, 2017}}</ref> In ''[[The Harvard Crimson]]'', [[Harvard University]] Professor [[Danielle Allen]] also said she had been threatened after being targeted by Charlie Kirk and Turning Point.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2017/5/1/allen-report-frontline-speech/|title=A Report From the Frontlines of the Free Speech Wars {{!}} Opinion {{!}} The Harvard Crimson|website=Thecrimson.com|language=en|access-date=September 6, 2017}}</ref>

In May 2017, [[Northern Arizona University]] criminology professor Luis Fernandez said Turning Point surveillance of him had supposedly led to multiple threats.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.fronterasdesk.org/content/10655/conservative-website-targets-nau-professors-over-student-complaints|title=Conservative Website Targets NAU Professors Over Student Complaints|website=Fronteras Desk|access-date=September 6, 2017}}</ref> In ''[[The Harvard Crimson]]'', [[Harvard University]] Professor [[Danielle Allen]] also claimed she had been threatened for comments she made on camera.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2017/5/1/allen-report-frontline-speech/|title=A Report From the Frontlines of the Free Speech Wars {{!}} Opinion {{!}} The Harvard Crimson|website=Thecrimson.com|language=en|access-date=September 6, 2017}}</ref>

==Denial of recognition on campus==

==Denial of recognition on campus==