media watch

If you read the NY Times article about the teacher using the Declaration of Independence as a vehicle for foisting his Christian beliefs on 5th graders, you may have missed an important point. Thankfully, Dave Johnson over at Seeing The Forest pinpoints the real story.

My point is the real story that needs to be examined is not whether a teacher has a right to distribute handouts, or the limits of the use of 'God' in the classroom. The story is the strategic use and repetition of the lie (probably focus-group-tested) that the school "banned the Declaration of Independence."

Looks like, once again, the media have forgotten how to do the job.