Harvard barred press from Lanier’s campus talk while welcoming coverage of Hasty Pudding.

Evidence

“The station requested permission to cover the event and we received an email that said that under no uncertain terms are we allowed to come onto the premises, or even enter through the gates,” the reporter said. “Now it’s funny, because a week ago we were here to cover Hasty Pudding, Harvard’s big parade. That was something they wanted us to cover. This isn’t—so we’re outside.” — Tamara Lanier, From These Roots, 989

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the reader’s running theme of how Harvard’s institutional conduct toward Lanier’s Renty claim unfolded — press control is another mechanism.
• CANDY: The contrast between welcoming coverage of a silly parade and barring it for a slavery-reparations talk is a punchy irony, though it needs the Lanier context.