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Fact-Check Confirms Harvard Did Not Mark Up McMahon’s Error-Ridden Letter

Education Secretary Linda McMahon’s May 5 letter to Harvard, barring future federal grants, faced ridicule online for grammatical mistakes, but viral corrections were falsely attributed to the university.

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Linda McMahon's scathing letter to Harvard University criticized for 'glaring grammatical errors,'
Linda McMahon sent a sharply worded letter to Harvard University.
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Overview

  • Linda McMahon’s May 5 letter informed Harvard it would no longer receive federal research grants, citing alleged legal and ethical violations by the university.
  • The letter was widely criticized for its grammatical and stylistic errors, leading to public mockery and viral red-ink corrections shared on social media.
  • Independent fact-checkers confirmed that the red-marked corrections did not originate from Harvard but were created by social media users.
  • Harvard continues its legal challenge against the Trump administration’s freeze on $2.2 billion in federal funding, calling the actions unlawful and harmful to research and innovation.
  • The dispute highlights broader tensions over government oversight of higher education and raises concerns about academic freedom and institutional autonomy.