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“The notion that one gives this man David Irving room on C-SPAN is outrageous,” said Baird Professor of History Emeritus Richard E. Pipes, who signed the petition.
Irving called Lipstadt an “upstart young professor,” and criticized the scholars who signed the petition for engaging in censorship and submitting to departmental peer pressure.
All of the petition signatories who spoke with The Crimson agreed that including Irving does not promote journalistic objectivity.
“It is a distortion of the concept of ‘balance’ to give publicity and legitimacy to Irving and his proven falsehoods,” petition signatory and Sociology Department Chair Mary C. Waters wrote in an e-mail.
Ben B. Collins ’06 and Manav K. Bhatnagar ’06 started an online petition for divestment after reading an article in The Crimson about Harvard’s investment in PetroChina, said Collins. Approximately 1000 students, faculty, alumni and staff have signed the petition, said...