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Michael Shellenberger is an American author and journalist and the founder of Public. His books include San Fransicko and Apocalypse Never. He holds the C.B.R. chair of politics, censorship and free speech at the University of Austin and founded the nonprofit Civilization Works.
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Role at the time: Public founder, coauthor with Alex Gutentag
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Statement summary
Shellenberger and Gutentag present CODA's cancellation and calls to halt the Sundial as examples of ideological censorship. They portray the student essay as a challenge to a prevailing narrative. Their claim that the writers were right is an opinion, not a determination of the Cornell allegations.
“It's that it relentlessly tries to silence those who get it right.”
Open source (opens in a new tab)Shellenberger and Gutentag portray CODA's cancellation as censorshipJoint article; paragraphs discussing Columbia
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The coauthors condemn the cancellation as censorship.
Columbia Open Discourse Alliance canceled a press-freedom panel after the Sundial published its Cornell 7 essay. CODA cited survivors' participation and safety. Critics challenged the cancellation; faculty advisers gave qualified assessments of that decision.
