Fact-checking is truly the lowest form of journalism.
Last year, AP did a laughable "fact check" on the Biden DOJ going after school board protestors as "domestic terrorists." Editor @KarenMahabir locked her account and has been hiding ever since.
Cowardly hairsplitters who run interference for the regime.
The issue isn't vaccines or the FBI—it's that our purportedly neutral news organizations are all voluntarily coordinating in service of the dominant left-progressive ideological regime, then laundering that political agenda through the pseudo-scientific "fact checking" process.
The result is a system of official knowledge that is utterly fake, allowing NPR Americans to repeat meaningless epistemological markers—"fact checked!" "peer-reviewed!" "I f*cking love science!"—and smugly, often wrongly, consider the matter settled.
The task for conservatives isn't merely to prove individual fact-checks wrong—as we did with the FBI story—but to destroy the entire knowledge-regime that underpins it. We have to ruthlessly expose the rot inside peer-reviewed social science journals and the legacy media outlets.
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My goal this year is for 10+ state legislatures to pass curriculum transparency bills, requiring public schools to make all teaching materials easily available to parents via internet.
It's time to get the political predators out of the shadows—and return power to families.
The strategy here is to use a non-threatening, liberal value—"transparency"—to force ideological actors to undergo public scrutiny. It's a rhetorically-advantageous position and, when enacted, will give parents a powerful check on bureaucratic power.
The Left will expect that, after passing so-called "CRT bans" last year, we will overplay our hand. By moving to curriculum transparency, we will deflate that argument and bait the Left into opposing "transparency," which will raise the question: what are they trying to hide?
BREAKING: A public high school in suburban Chicago has created a racially-segregated field trip program for "students of color."
In a statement, the principal of Downers Grove South, Ed Schwartz, told me that the school planned the racially-segregated program to "provide the opportunity for students of color to be partnered with a group of teachers who look like them and have had similar life experiences."
I have documented multiple cases of public institutions promoting "segregation for social justice." This practice can be traced back to critical race theory, which teaches that white and black students often need separate pedagogies and spaces.
My speech in support of @GovRonDeSantis' anti-CRT agenda, which will ban critical race theory in schools, provide curriculum transparency for parents, and put families back in charge of their children's education.
@GovRonDeSantis This is a major moment for the parent movement. We have found a courageous new champion, Governor Ron DeSantis, who will turn public sentiment into tangible public policy. His legislative agenda in Florida will soon become the gold standard for the nation.
My colleagues at @ManhattanInst have laid down the framework for anti-critical race theory and curriculum transparency policy. Read more here:
Denver Public Schools now promoting racially-segregated playtime—for "equity."
According to Centennial Elementary staff, this event was organized by the school's "Dean of Culture," Nicole Tembrock. The event was cancelled due to COVID protocols, but they plan to reschedule in the new year.
University of Denver law professor @davekopel points out that this is illegal under the Colorado Constitution.
Berkeley's "Division of Equity & Inclusion" has 400+ employees and a $25 million annual budget.
The purpose of the university is no longer the transmission of knowledge, but activism in support of "diversity and inclusion." Here's an excerpt from the Chancellor's recent commencement speech:
The conservative movement has united behind a new education agenda: stop critical race theory in schools, provide curriculum transparency for parents, and give families the freedom to choose their own destiny.
This is the way forward for education policy in America.
Under the leadership of @Reihan Salam, Manhattan Institute has led the fight against critical race theory in schools. We've done groundbreaking reporting and my colleague @JamesRCopland has written the gold standard for anti-CRT public policy. manhattan-institute.org/copland-critic…
We've also recently released new model for curriculum transparency. We believe that parents have a fundamental right to know what's being taught to their children—and that schools have a responsibility to make materials easily accessible. media4.manhattan-institute.org/sites/default/…