Jan 27, 2006 3:12 PM
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.
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.