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ck4829

(35,096 posts)
Thu Jun 17, 2021, 02:52 PM Jun 2021

Fox News featuring "concerned parents turned activists" are also long-time Republican operatives

In an effort to bolster its obsessive fear-mongering over the teaching of “critical race theory” in schools, Fox News has hosted nearly a dozen “concerned parents” or educators who are actually Republican strategists, right-wing media personalities, or conservative think-tank staffers.

According to a new review by liberal watchdog Media Matters, the network—which has mentioned critical race theory over 1,300 times since March—has downplayed or even outright ignored many of these guests’ GOP activist ties while featuring them as local citizens outraged over their schools’ curriculum.

One prominent Fox guest in the fight over critical race theory has been Ian Prior, who has repeatedly been introduced as merely a “Loudoun County parent” who has “gone from concerned parent, like many of you, to legal activist.” But he’s no stranger to partisan politics.

Prior, who launched a political action committee this year opposing the teaching of “critical race theory,” is also an ex-spokesperson for the Department of Justice and has worked for several high-profile Republican groups. He also made dozens of appearances on Fox prior to this latest culture-war flashpoint.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/fox-news-concerned-parents-actually-152825877.html

And more exposed at...

https://www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/foxs-anti-critical-race-theory-parents-are-also-gop-activists

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Fox News featuring "concerned parents turned activists" are also long-time Republican operatives (Original Post) ck4829 Jun 2021 OP
I just realized that FOX is an acronym. C_U_L8R Jun 2021 #1
CNN and MSNBC do the same. Often their so called talking to everyday republicans Bev54 Jun 2021 #2

Bev54

(10,093 posts)
2. CNN and MSNBC do the same. Often their so called talking to everyday republicans
Thu Jun 17, 2021, 05:23 PM
Jun 2021

turns out to be talking to long time republican operatives and employees. It is all BS.

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