Senator Mike Duffy isn’t commenting on his criticisms of the University of King’s College and other journalism programs across the country.

Metro Halifax has tried to contact the former CTV News journalist in regards to a story this paper ran yesterday on his weekend speech in Amherst slamming King’s and other journalism schools. Duffy criticized them for teaching critical thinking and Noam Chomsky’s book Manufacturing Consent.

“Unfortunately, he is declining all media requests at this time,” Duffy’s assistant, Melanie Mercer, said in an email yesterday.

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