Comedian Jerry Seinfeld on Sunday gave the commencement address at Duke University—a ceremony that was dominated by students walking out in support of Palestine.
Oh, wait. No, it wasn’t. But you’d be forgiven for having thought so, as a huge portion of the media coverage bafflingly put that protest front and center, despite that it was a blip on the event’s radar.
“Duke students walk out to protest Jerry Seinfeld’s commencement speech in latest grad disruption,” reads a USA Today headline. “Dozens walk out of Jerry Seinfeld speech at Duke commencement in protest of his support for Israel,” reports The Hill. “Duke University students walk out on Jerry Seinfeld’s commencement speech, chant ‘free Palestine,'” writes Fox News. “Duke students walk out of Jerry Seinfeld graduation speech in Gaza protest,” says The Guardian.
I could go on. But I’ll bookend the list with an article that, whether it meant to or not, made the case…
