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CNN Accused of Fictionalizing Account of Texas School Book Hearing
Agape Press ^
| July 14, 2003
| Jim Brown
Posted on 07/15/2003 12:23:23 AM PDT by Schnucki
(AgapePress) - It's being called "Jayson Blair-style reporting." CNN is being accused of fabricating a report about scientific critics of Darwinism who recently testified before the Texas State Board of Education.
At last week's hearing, two representatives from the Seattle-based Discovery Institute urged the board to correct factual errors in biology textbooks and require that books discuss flaws in evolutionary theory. Discovery Institute's Dr. John West says CNN reported the hearing as a battle between "nasty religious fundamentalists" who wanted to inject the Bible into science textbooks and "enlightened scientists" who wanted to keep that from happening.
But West says not one person who testified before the board advocated creationism, Intelligent Design theory, or including religion in biology textbooks.
"This doesn't even rise to the level of journalism. Really, it's sheer fantasy," West says. "They had a story that they wanted to tell, which was religion versus science, and when the facts didn't fit that, they just made it up. This is just atrocious."
West, who is associate director of the Center for Science and Culture at Discovery Institute, says the cable news network described critics of neo-Darwinism who testified at the hearing as people who believe that "the Bible takes precedence over science."
But West says the two Institute fellows who testified simply urged the board of education to use textbooks that cover both the strengths and weaknesses of evolutionary theory.
"Apparently CNN thinks that when it comes to something that's debated, their viewers should only hear one point of view," he says. "This is blatant bias -- but bias is too meek a word for it. It was invention, it was fantasy -- and they were making up the news."
According to West, after CNN aired their taped report from Texas, it conducted a live one-on-one interview with a liberal law professor who attacked scientists who are raising questions about the biology textbooks.
West is encouraging people to call CNN and producers of the show Live from the Headlines to voice their dissatisfaction with correspondent Ed Lavendera's story.
TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: cnn; crevolist; deceit; fabrication; mediabias; textbooks
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It was invention, it was fantasy -- and they [CNN] were making up the news.
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07/15/2003 12:23:23 AM PDT
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posted on
07/15/2003 12:26:04 AM PDT
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To: Schnucki
All this is proof of the need for seperaton of church and state. Sell off the schools, give every kid a 10K voucher. Let those of us who want out kids to pray in school go to schools that allow that. Let the parents in NYC send their schools where they sit around an hold hands while discussing soy and hemp as the sole mean's of the planet's survival. Let our schools have rifle teams, let their do what they want.
This is the only solution. The problem, however, is that were I am happy letting the liberals raise their kids as they please, the liberals are not happy letting us raise our kids as we please.
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posted on
07/15/2003 12:31:02 AM PDT
by
Rodney King
(No, we can't all just get along.)
To: Rodney King
Sorry for typos, should read, "let parents in NYC send their kids to schools where they sit around and..."
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posted on
07/15/2003 12:32:34 AM PDT
by
Rodney King
(No, we can't all just get along.)
To: Schnucki
I'm not suprised. I see things on CNN everyday that I say to myself..."No they did not"...but then I realize that CNN is so completly discredited that they're nearly in denile.
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posted on
07/15/2003 12:38:14 AM PDT
by
Porterville
(J Marshall asserted the Court's monopoly on the interpretation of the Constitution, may he burn)
To: Schnucki
Even CNN has the good sense to not give credibility to ideas from the fringes of reality.
To: Rodney King
Two lessons to be learned. 1. That CNN has an leftward leaning agenda that they will promote with outrite falicy and 2. Education needs to be privatised.
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posted on
07/15/2003 12:53:28 AM PDT
by
GUNDEK
To: Rodney King
All this is proof of the need for seperaton of church and state. You're joking on this point, right?
I say this because most of the rest of your comments in #3 are lucid.
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posted on
07/15/2003 2:52:29 AM PDT
by
Budge
(God Bless FReepers!)
To: Budge
Woops, I meant seperation of school and state.
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posted on
07/15/2003 3:04:43 AM PDT
by
Rodney King
(No, we can't all just get along.)
To: Rodney King
Woops, I meant seperation of school and state.Excellent point. The only thing I would quibble about is the 10 K amount. It is probably 2-3 times what is necessary, especially as the education on the net reduces the costs more and more. Already, anyone with a connection to the internet and the ability to read, can get a pretty good education for very little.
To: marktwain
is probably 2-3 times what is necessary, especially as the education on the net reduces the costs more and more. Already, anyone with a connection to the internet and the ability to read, can get a pretty good education for very little. Yes, its way too high. But hell, it will still be cheaper in the long run to just give in to them on the amount.
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posted on
07/15/2003 4:41:06 AM PDT
by
Rodney King
(No, we can't all just get along.)
To: jennyp
At last week's hearing, two representatives from the Seattle-based Discovery Institute urged the board to correct factual errors in biology textbooks and require that books discuss flaws in evolutionary theory. Discovery Institute's Dr. John West says CNN reported the hearing as a battle between "nasty religious fundamentalists" who wanted to inject the Bible into science textbooks and "enlightened scientists" who wanted to keep that from happening.But West says not one person who testified before the board advocated creationism, Intelligent Design theory, or including religion in biology textbooks.
Care to say a few words about what the Discovery Institute really advocates?
To: PatrickHenry
Stalking Horse bump.
To: Junior; PatrickHenry
crevo city
To: Rodney King
Parents, students, and teachers would be a lot happier if this could be done.
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posted on
07/15/2003 5:25:15 AM PDT
by
ladylib
To: Physicist
Eearly morning placemarker.
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posted on
07/15/2003 5:26:48 AM PDT
by
ThinkPlease
(Fortune Favors the Bold!)
To: Schnucki
CONGRESS SHALL MAKE NO LAW RESPECTING AN ESTABLISHMENT OF RELIGION, OR PROHIBITING THE FREE EXERCISE THEREOF:
Where is the separation?
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posted on
07/15/2003 6:34:10 AM PDT
by
BIGZ
To: Schnucki
Normally if someone says CNN lied, I assume it is likely the case. But in this case it involves the notorious advocates of Intelligent Design who's whole movement is covered by a big lie. They pretend to be "scientific" but they are just dishonest creationists.
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posted on
07/15/2003 9:37:10 AM PDT
by
jlogajan
To: VadeRetro; jennyp; Junior; longshadow; *crevo_list; RadioAstronomer; Scully; Piltdown_Woman; ...
PING. [This ping list is for the evolution side of evolution threads, and sometimes for other science topics. FReepmail me to be added or dropped.]
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posted on
07/15/2003 9:39:35 AM PDT
by
PatrickHenry
(Felix, qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas.)
To: All
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posted on
07/15/2003 9:42:30 AM PDT
by
PatrickHenry
(Felix, qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas.)
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