The Educational Media Company at Virginia Tech controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2015
Collegiate Times editorial dismissal and EMCVT financial scrutiny
The Collegiate Times editor in chief was dismissed while investigating EMCVT finances. The resulting controversy included an assistant editor’s resignation, heightened financial scrutiny, the termination of two professional staff members, and the resignation of EMCVT’s general manager.
2003
Dispute over Sex Talk Live and student-media control
A Virginia legislator objected to content on VTTV’s Sex Talk Live and called for increased university oversight of EMCVT’s student media. Virginia Tech’s president expressed reservations about prior restraint, and no new oversight regime resulted from the episode.