‘Left-Wing Propaganda’? GOP Furious as Teachers’ Union Strikes Deal with ‘Misinformation’ Tool
Republicans in Congress are sounding the alarm over a partnership between the NewsGuard ‘disinformation’ service and the American Federation of Teachers, arguing the tool is prone to bias and the union is deliberately politicizing American students.
“We can’t let this kind of left-wing propaganda into our schools, or let groups condemn so-called ‘misinformation’ while peddling it themselves,” Virginia Foxx – the ranking Republican on the House Education Committee – said during a recent Fox interview.
According to NewsGuard’s website, the paid service offers “trust ratings” for thousands of publications, appending color-coded icons to news articles depending on their ‘reliability’, as determined by “real journalists.”
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