Missouri Professor Who Blocked Media at Protest Apologizes

The University of Missouri professor who was filmed blocking media access to a campus protest has apologized.

By Published on November 10, 2015

Melissa Click, an assistant professor of mass media at the university’s School of Communications, apologized Tuesday to the campus community and to “journalists at large” for hindering a photographer and cameraman who were trying to document the protests over racism on campus.

That exchange went viral on social media and become a flashpoint in an ongoing debate over free speech and political correctness on college campuses.

“I have reviewed and reflected upon the video of me that is circulating, and have written this statement to offer both apology and context for my actions,” Click wrote in her statement, in part. “I regret the language and strategies I used, and sincerely apologize to the MU campus community, and journalists at large, for my behavior, and also for the way my actions have shifted attention away from the students’ campaign for justice.”

Click said she had reached out to one of the reporters involved and said he had accepted her apology.

Click initially appeared to be an unlikely poster child for media intolerance. Last Saturday, asย the protests at University of Missouriย were heating up, she had invited the national media to cover the event.

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