As has been reported on Action News,
$5 to 6 million was spent on the 10,200-square- foot home used
to house the Eastern Michigan University President and for
fund raising.
While the EMU president, Samuel Kirkpatrick, and all other
university officials still refuse to answer questions on
camera, they sent a Wednesday morning email to thousands of
university faculty, staff, students and supporters in response
to Action News broadcasts this week.
The email falsely suggests that it was not public money
that was used. The message also claims that the house cost
less than the figures show. ?All of this on a campus where
classrooms and dorm spaces are in serious need of renovation.
"As is the nature with sensationalized journalism, the
reports used dramatic style, language and innuendo in order to
exploit the subject matter," it says.
"While highly emotional, the reports did not accurately
present the facts about University House or Eastern Michigan
University," it claims, without pointing to a single error in
any of the Action News reports.
"You can help in combating WXYZ-TV’s sensationalized
accounts of the university project," it suggests and then goes
on to list facts that Action News already reported, but it
spins them in the university’s favor.
The email tells EMU supporters if they hear this topic
being discussed on news or talk shows, they should respond
personally because, "Your opinion as someone who works or
studies at EMU will carry more weight than what media see as
the official ‘mouthpiece’ of the university."
You can read the complete text of the Eastern Michigan
University email by clicking the link above.
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