Thursday, August 21, 2025

This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.
On today’s edition of The Briefing, I discuss the current shifts in mainstream media and what they mean for its future, how American universities could be undermining its national security interests through its enrollment, and the debate over higher education’s admissions standards.
Part I (00:14 – 15:19)
Mainstream Doesn’t Mean What It Used To Mean: MSNBC’s Transition to MS Now Raises Bigger Issue of the Shift in Mainstream Media and the Future

• The Race to Rescue PBS and NPR Stations by The New York Times (Benjamin Mullin)

Part II (15:19 – 21:14)
Should Harvard Send Its International Students Home? American Universities Could Be Undermining the Nation’s Security Interests Through Enrollment

• Send Harvard’s Chinese Students Home by The Wall Street Journal (Mike Gallagher)

Part III (21:14 – 25:53)
Higher Education and Admissions Standards: The Ideological Dimensions Are Still in Debate

• Trump Demands the Truth About Affirmative Action by The Wall Street Journal (Jason L. Riley)
• Don’t Let Grades Dominate College Admissions by The Wall Street Journal (David Wippman and Glenn Altschuler)

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