On Wednesday's broadcast of CNN's "The Lead," CNN Reporter Matt Egan discussed allegations of plagiarism against Harvard President Claudine Gay and acknowledged "there are clear examples of plagiarism that occurred in the 1990s" but added that "we should note that the plagiarism allegations against Gay were first circulated by conservative activists." And that criticisms of Harvard's review and alleged double standards in how Gay is treated "have been fired and fueled by activists, not activists who are really concerned about academic citation methods, but right-wing activists who are trying to push out the presidents of Ivy League schools who they feel are too liberal."