- April 17th, 2018, 12:50 pm
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They offer a fairly balanced look at the university until LU Online comes into the discussion and then the gloves came off:
And the NYT Magazine headline of the same story:
ProPublica wrote:Billion-Dollar BlessingsClick Here for Full Story
How Jerry Falwell Jr. transformed Liberty University, one of the religious right's most powerful institutions, into a wildly lucrative online empire.
by Alec MacGillis April 17, 5 a.m. EDT
This story was co-published with The New York Times Magazine.
It was the start of the 2017 Fall Family Weekend at Liberty University, the school founded by Jerry Falwell Sr. 47 years ago in Lynchburg, Virginia, and the lines were especially long to get into the basketball arena for the mandatory thrice-weekly student convocation. There was a festive feel in the air — as usual, a live band kicked things off with some Christian rock.
And the NYT Magazine headline of the same story:
New York Times Magazine wrote:How Liberty University Built a Billion-Dollar Empire OnlineClick Here for Full Story
With a hard sell to prospective students and huge amunts of taxpayer funding, Jerry Falwell Jr. transformed the evangelical institution into a behemoth.
By ALEC MacGILLIS/PROPUBLICA APRIL 17, 2018