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Tuesday, July 9, 2013

Wall Street Journal’s bizarre editorial on Bridgeport and Vallas - Wait, What?

Wall Street Journal’s bizarre editorial on Bridgeport and Vallas - Wait, What?:

Wall Street Journal’s bizarre editorial on Bridgeport and Vallas



 When you hear the words, “The Wall Street Journal”, one might think of the term pro-business or pro-advanced American capitalism or even right-wing, but most people also want to believe that their articles and editorials are fact-based.
But yesterday, Wall Street Journal Editorial Board member Jason Riley wrote a column about the Vallas situation that was so factually inaccurate it makes one wonder if he took the time to even read up on the facts before he started pontificating on the issue.
The Wall Street Journal’s editorial began by exclaiming, “Paul Vallas is one of the country’s premier education reformers, with a track record to prove it. So it’s only natural that the teachers unions and their political supporters in Bridgeport, Conn., want to run