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Starry Messenger

(32,342 posts)
Wed Sep 19, 2012, 06:31 PM Sep 2012

Fox Won't Disclose News Corp. Testing Contracts At Heart Of The Chicago Teachers' Strike

Not only are most of their commentators infomercial presenters for Romney, they are also hip deep in corporate edu-business. Read on!

http://mediamatters.org/blog/2012/09/19/fox-wont-disclose-news-corp-testing-contracts-a/189993



In 89 segments between September 10 and 16, Fox News reported on the Chicago Teachers Union's strike without disclosing its financial ties to the educational technology company administering the standardized tests with which the union takes issue.

Fox News parent company News Corp. acquired a 90-percent stake in Wireless Generation in 2010. Last May, the company agreed to provide Early Mathematics Assessment Services and Early Literacy Assessment Services to Chicago Public Schools. These contracts total $4.7 million. A central reason the Chicago Teachers Union decided to strike is their objection to the school district's call for heavily weighing such standardized testing to ultimately determine teacher pay and layoffs.

But Fox News anchors and reporters never once disclosed its parent company's ties to Wireless Generation even as the network routinely criticized the strike and the Chicago Teachers Union.

The programs that covered the story most often:Fox & Friends (including the First, Saturday, and Sunday editions) with 31 segments over the entire week; America's News Headquarters aired 12 segments this last weekend alone; America Live was next with 7 segments; and Fox Report with Shepard Smith and Special Report followed with 6 segments each. Not one segment disclosed News Corp.'s business relationship with Wireless Generation despite repeated mentions and discussions of the teacher evaluations at the heart of the strike.



Well we knew they were shameless, but still. This is bottom-feeding the shameless-barrel.

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Fox Won't Disclose News Corp. Testing Contracts At Heart Of The Chicago Teachers' Strike (Original Post) Starry Messenger Sep 2012 OP
Is this not getting to the point of Rico act prosecution? I mean, it's organized and geckosfeet Sep 2012 #1
In addition to conflict of interest, why the fuck are they in the business of testing our kids? progressoid Sep 2012 #2
Seriously. It's bad enough that they soak adults in their propaganda. Starry Messenger Sep 2012 #7
kr HiPointDem Sep 2012 #3
If I understand correctly, the issue wasn't that there WAS testing, but how much weight it's given hughee99 Sep 2012 #4
I wonder who arranged for that contract in Chicago? Waiting For Everyman Sep 2012 #5
Good question. I'd like to know the answer too. Starry Messenger Sep 2012 #6

geckosfeet

(9,644 posts)
1. Is this not getting to the point of Rico act prosecution? I mean, it's organized and
Wed Sep 19, 2012, 06:36 PM
Sep 2012

it's clear conflict of interest. Bilking money from people under false pretense and ordering your minions to slander those who are your political opponents is treading the line.

progressoid

(49,827 posts)
2. In addition to conflict of interest, why the fuck are they in the business of testing our kids?
Wed Sep 19, 2012, 06:57 PM
Sep 2012

Frankly I don't expect them to disclose their conflicts of interest. We all (except for some of troglodytes) know what their agenda is.

I want to know what school district thinks it's a good idea to have a Murdock company in charge of testing at public schools?

hughee99

(16,113 posts)
4. If I understand correctly, the issue wasn't that there WAS testing, but how much weight it's given
Wed Sep 19, 2012, 07:04 PM
Sep 2012

Fox get's it's 4.7 million whether the school district bases everything on them or dumps all the results in the trash. Yes, they should have mentioned it, but I don't think it's as much of an issue as you seem to be implying.

Waiting For Everyman

(9,385 posts)
5. I wonder who arranged for that contract in Chicago?
Wed Sep 19, 2012, 07:08 PM
Sep 2012

Who put that deal together? If it's a contract, something was signed, right?

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