The in box. IEA finally responds to the ABC Big Lie. « Fred Klonsky

The in box. IEA finally responds to the ABC Big Lie. « Fred Klonsky:

The in box. IEA finally responds to the ABC Big Lie.

by Fred Klonsky

48 hours after the ABC Big Lie story, repeating the talking points of the anti-union Illinois Policy Institute, the IEA finally responds.

Colleagues:
We wanted to provide information about a particularly bad pension story aired by the top TV news operation in Chicago this week.
On Wednesday night, in what was claimed to be an “investigative report,” WLS-TV/Channel 7 broadcast the lie that has been peddled for months by the “Illinois Policy Institute” — that teachers generally pay little or nothing toward their retirements.
This is a charge IEA has countered many times in the last year, in interviews or in letters to the editor. Heres a story from last October http://www.myjournalcourier.com/articles/teachers-35839-pensions-shell.html 
What was unusual about the TV story this week was the failure of the reporter to seek a comment from IEA, IFT or TRS. Any representative would have explained why it’s false to claim teachers