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 …
Editor's note: This article has been updated to include a statement received Friday morning from Scott Christen, associate professor of communication studies and interim chair of the Department of Communication at Tennessee Tech. A leader of a reported “pink slime” media publication has been hired to teach journalism at Tennessee Tech University, according to a Raw Story review of online …
