Messiah College in Popular Culture
Following the US Justice Department Scandal in which Messiah College alumna Monica Goodling was intimately involved, several members of the media ridiculed Messiah College. Jon Stewart on The Daily Show referred to Messiah as a school "where people have faith that they'll receive a quality education, and yet somehow it never arrives," and "that everyone in the God business knows is a 'savior school'." Bill Maher focused his satirical criticism on Goodling's legal education at Regent University, but also mocked Messiah, calling it "the home of the Fighting Christies."
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