The recently released job application for a Tennessee Tech University journalism lecturer has raised more questions about the new hire associated with conservative PAC-backed “pink slime” publications, according to documents obtained by Raw Story through a Tennessee Public Records Act request. Kyle Barnett, publicly cited as a publisher and general manager associated with Metric Media — a network of more …
Tennessee Tech University is defending its hiring of a publisher who has managed and written for "pink slime" news websites bankrolled by conservative political action committees and accused of "pay-for-play" journalism. Raw Story exclusively reported Thursday that Tennessee Tech had hired Kyle Barnett to teach journalism classes during the school's spring 2024 semester. Barnett, who is publicly cited as a …
