APA faces antisemitism allegations and a bid to suspend its accreditation recognition
A House committee report alleges activists have co-opted the American Psychological Association and that its leaders minimised antisemitism. Separately, an Education Department advisory board voted 7-4 to recommend suspending recognition of the APA's accreditation commission.
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Right · 1The House Committee on Education and the Workforce has published a report on antisemitism in the American Psychological Association (APA). It concludes that anti-Israel and anti-Jewish activists have "successfully co-opted" the association, which has about 190,000 members. JNSR “found that anti-Israel and anti-Jewish activists have “successfully co-opted” the association, which has about 190,000 members.” Read at JNS ↗ Right · 1According to JNS, the report cites internal communications showing activists influenced the APA's response to the Oct. 7 attacks and its handling of complaints from Jewish psychologists. JNSR “The report cites internal communications showing that activists influenced the group’s response to Oct. 7 and its handling of complaints from Jewish psychologists.” Read at JNS ↗ Right · 1The report reportedly says APA leaders dropped terrorism language after Oct. 7 and resisted Jewish psychologists' requests for recognition. It also alleges they minimised antisemitism, resisted initiatives to address it and embraced frameworks that portray Israel as a colonialist state. JNSR “Internal communications reveal that APA leaders dropped terrorism language after Oct. 7 and resisted Jewish psychologists’ requests for recognition”“It details instances in which APA leaders allegedly minimized Jew-hatred, resisted initiatives to address it and embraced political frameworks that portray Israel as a colonialist state.” Read at JNS ↗
Right · 1Rep. Tim Walberg (R-Mich.), the committee chair, said the APA "has a credibility problem, and its leadership has no one to blame but itself." He said leaders had allowed antisemitism to "fester" and that Jewish psychologists were "ignored and ostracized." JNSR ““The APA has a credibility problem, and its leadership has no one to blame but itself.””“Its leaders have allowed antisemitism to fester and radical activists to turn a respected scientific institution into a platform for political agendas, while Jewish psychologists are ignored and ostracized,”” Read at JNS ↗ Right · 1The APA's accreditation role is also under threat. Hot Air reports that last month a bipartisan advisory board to the Education Department voted 7-4 to recommend suspending recognition of the APA's Commission on Accreditation. Hot AirR “Last month, a bipartisan advisory board to the Education Department voted 7-4 to recommend suspending recognition of the APA’s Commission on Accreditation.” Read at Hot Air ↗ Right · 1Hot Air says the vote followed testimony alleging a "pervasive culture of antisemitism" in psychology programs and professional settings. Hot AirR “The vote followed testimony alleging the group tolerated a “pervasive culture of antisemitism” in psychology programs and professional settings.” Read at Hot Air ↗
Right · 1Hot Air, in a post drawing on a Wall Street Journal opinion piece, also criticises political activism at the APA. It cites the programme of the APA's Division 39 conference in New York, which drew nearly 800 attendees and 90 panels, and says the piece's authors estimate 70 percent of the panels focused on left-wing ideology. Hot AirR “Its flagship conference in New York this year drew nearly 800 attendees and included 90 panels over four days.”“The authors estimate that 70 percent of the panels (there were 90 in all) were focused on left-wing ideology.” Read at Hot Air ↗ Right · 1It also quotes the APA's new president, Candice Hargons, who said "Our common enemy is systemic intersectional oppression." Hot Air says the APA selected Hargons in response to the accreditation threat. Hot AirR “Ms. Hargons said: “Our common enemy is systemic intersectional oppression.””“in response to the threat to its accreditation authority, the APA selected a new president named Candice Hargons.” Read at Hot Air ↗ Right · 2The coverage includes no response from the APA to the report or the allegations. Both articles come from right-leaning outlets, and the allegations are presented as claims by the committee, witnesses and commentators rather than findings the APA has accepted. JNSR “It details instances in which APA leaders allegedly minimized Jew-hatred” Read at JNS ↗ Hot AirR “The vote followed testimony alleging the group tolerated a “pervasive culture of antisemitism”” Read at Hot Air ↗
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- Framing
- JNS reports the House committee report as a news item centred on Walberg's criticism. Hot Air runs an opinion post that ties the antisemitism allegations to a wider critique of woke politics in psychology.
- Emphasis
- Antisemitism allegations, internal communications after Oct. 7, the threat to accreditation, left-wing conference content and the new APA president's rhetoric.
- Leaves out or plays down
- Neither article includes a response from the APA. They also give no independent verification of the allegations and no view from outside the committee or the critics cited.
- Charged language
- “co-opted”“woke balderdash”“ideologues”“brainwashed”
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“Its leaders have allowed antisemitism to fester and radical activists to turn a respected scientific institution into a platform for political agendas” — JNS
“pastiche of political activism leavened with woke balderdash” — Hot Air
“too important to be left to the ideologues now running the APA and their students brainwashed by them” — Hot Air
What every side reports
- The APA faces allegations of antisemitism and political activism.
- The House Education and Workforce Committee is led by Rep. Tim Walberg.
- Both outlets present the APA's handling of antisemitism as a serious institutional problem.
Where accounts differ
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Whether the APA has tolerated antisemitism
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- Both outlets present the allegations as established. JNS reports the committee's finding that activists "co-opted" the APA. Hot Air endorses the claim of a "pervasive culture of antisemitism" and calls APA leaders "ideologues". No APA response appears in either article.
House Education and Workforce Committee organisation
The committee's report, as relayed by JNS, says activists have co-opted the APA and that its leaders minimised antisemitism. Chair Tim Walberg blames the APA's leadership for its credibility problem.
““The APA has a credibility problem, and its leadership has no one to blame but itself.”” — JNS
American Psychological Association organisation
No APA statement appears in the coverage. It is described as being under criticism and facing a possible loss of accreditation recognition, and as having selected a new president, Candice Hargons.
“in response to the threat to its accreditation authority, the APA selected a new president named Candice Hargons.” — Hot Air
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Hot AirR · · Opinion
Critical Opinion post that links the antisemitism allegations and accreditation threat to what it sees as radical political activism in the APA.
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Anti-Israel activists have ‘co-opted’ American Psychological Association, House panel says
Critical News report presenting the House committee's findings and Walberg's condemnation of APA leadership, with no APA response.
- 29 Oct 01:20 First Hot AirR What's Going on With the APA? Opinion
- 29 Oct 18:10 +16h 50m JNSR Anti-Israel activists have ‘co-opted’ American Psychological Association, House panel says
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