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Friday, August 12, 2011

This Week In Education: Advocacy: Dirty Tricks -- Or Lazy Journalism?

This Week In Education: Advocacy: Dirty Tricks -- Or Lazy Journalism?

Advocacy: Dirty Tricks -- Or Lazy Journalism?

image from www.emchez.comThe Huffington Post recently reported that "gay rights advocate and blogger" @asherhuey was calling for Michelle Rhee not to speak at a leadership summit at a suburban Chicago megachurch this morning -- Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz had already backed out -- because of its anti-gay reputation. Rhee's organization defended her attendance at the event, pointing out that President Clinton and Bono have appeared at the event and that President Obama had invited the church's pastor to an immigration event. Left out of the original version of the story -- since corrected -- was that the person making the protest against Rhee's presence works for New