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Stossel Watch

On January 13, ABC News aired an hour-long report on education in America. Instead of a meaningful unbiased look at education and teaching, ABC News let reporter John Stossel air an hour-long biased and factually inaccurate attack on teachers and their union.

Read the dear colleague letter to NYC Teachers and public education advocates.

Watch clips of the show.

The AFT publishes rebuttal to ABC's 20/20 segment.

What 20/20's vision didn't see (new)

Fact Checks:
FAIR : The Stossel Treatment
Media Matters : Stossel presented skewed 20/20 segment on "stupid" public schools
Daily Howler: AS STOSSEL DOES! Stupid is as John Stossel does. Here—let ABC prove it
EdWize : Stossel falsely claims UFT was going to present him with the John Dewey Award and other problems with "Stupid in America"
FAIR : Stossel's History of Bias

Opinions:
Maurice Gumbs: Stupid at ABC News
Alpha Shrugged: Re: Stossel and Belgian Education

Reactions:
Greater Metropolitan Social Studies Conference withdraws invitation to John Stossel.

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