Dr. Marc Lamont Hill was recently fired from Fox News. He is best known for being a liberal analyst on The O'Reilly Factor. What is a liberal analyst anyway? While there's no concrete reason being offered if he has been fired, it wouldn't be hard to come up with a sound reason: Incompetence.
Dr. Hill's own website states that his research interests are the intersections between youth culture, identity, and educational processes. Since these are his research interests, these are areas in which he has most likely done the most work. The man holds a doctorate, which is no small feat. Like medical doctors, nearly all Ph.D. programs require you to have a specialty. Would you go to a dermatologist stomach pains? No. You would go to the proper doctor who specializes in what you need help with. The same rules apply. I don't want to hear what Dr. Hill has to say if it is outside of his area of expertise. My opinion coincides with earlier remarks made by David Horowitz.
Do I have a Ph.D.? No. I do, however, have an M.A., so I know for a fact how serious Ph.D. students and professionals in possession of one take their field and their expertise. It makes no sense to venture so far out of your area of expertise regardless of your occupation. It would be logical to be viewed at your best at all times. To do anything contradictory would be an insult to the real experts of the field and the hard work and dedication you put into your own.
Perhaps Dr. Hill would still be employed if he had stuck with what he knew. Am I calling Dr. Hill incompetent? No. I'm saying that he may have been placed in a position of incompetence if he was routinely asked to comment upon subjects he had little to no dealings with. Maybe Fox News expected him to do more than he could with the title of liberal analyst.
Then again, this is all merely speculation since this story has yet to be confirmed by Fox or Hill. I guess we'll see what happens.
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