This is a pretty flimsily supported conspiracy theory that (of course) blames the Koch brothers for the public interest in and resistance to CRT.
How does it do that? Well …
How does it do that? Well …
https://twitter.com/thenation/status/1429465636258959360
It says (several grafs deep) that 28 think tanks with “known ties” to the Koch Network produced 79 articles on CRT in schools during a whole year (!!!) 
“Known ties” is a pretty well known rhetorical trick to try to insinuate without specificity some shadowy directive from on high.
A “known tie” could be just about anything. A one time donation. A shared board seat. Etc.
You see this frequently in the right’s Soros fever dreams
A “known tie” could be just about anything. A one time donation. A shared board seat. Etc.
You see this frequently in the right’s Soros fever dreams
And it’s pretty obvious this journalistic sleight of hand was done with full intent to deceive because the byline never really spells out what known ties are.
It’s a way to draw a line without actually showing the work.
It’s a way to draw a line without actually showing the work.
Finally 79 sounds like a lot. Broken up between all 28 orgs, that’s about 3 articles each. That’s … not a lot. Certainly not enough to indicate a moral panic or an on high directive.
My bet is also that NBC alone has written more articles on crt in just this calendar year.
My bet is also that NBC alone has written more articles on crt in just this calendar year.
Is NBC a Koch front? Unlikely, but I’m betting if I searched hard enough, I could include them in a group with “ties” to the Koch network.
Oh shit, one minute of googling, here’s a “tie”
Oh shit, one minute of googling, here’s a “tie”
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