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Monday, August 22, 2011

IEA ignores the new media. « Fred Klonsky's blog

IEA ignores the new media. « Fred Klonsky's blog

IEA ignores the new media.

A while back I posted objections to the IEA website linking to a bogus news article that came from the anti-union right-wing Mackinaw Center for Public Policy. The article attacked our brothers and sisters in the Michigan Education Association. It was linked on an IEA website feature called In the News. And it was linked without comment, suggesting it was a legitimate news article.

The IEA Communications Director Charlie McBarron reacted with anger. In the News is among the website’s most popular features, he said. Charlie conceded that they may have made a mistake in linking to the particular article I cited.

But I think it is more than just an isolated error.

In the News links to dozens of education related stories in the mainstream media. It ignores the dozens of