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turbinetree

(24,703 posts) Fri Jun 16, 2017, 08:44 AM Jun 2017

PBS is airing right-wing-sponsored school privatization propaganda

Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos and her department have pushed for an expansion of privatized school choice programs in the proposed budget for fiscal year 2018, particularly in the form of private school vouchers. Now a propagandistic three-part documentary series called School Inc. will help DeVos in her efforts to gain public support for expanded private school choice options. The series has already aired on PBS stations in some markets and will be shown on more this month.

https://www.mediamatters.org/blog/2017/06/14/pbs-set-air-right-wing-sponsored-school-privatization-propaganda/216907

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PBS is airing right-wing-sponsored school privatization propaganda (Original Post) turbinetree Jun 2017 OP

PBS also mentions the Koch brothers as major contributors with many PBS shows. I am suspicious. BigmanPigman Jun 2017 #1

Yepper, spot on turbinetree Jun 2017 #2

I immediately emailed locks Jun 2017 #3

I have told my Maryland stations to do the same thing turbinetree Jun 2017 #4

BigmanPigman

(51,611 posts)

1. PBS also mentions the Koch brothers as major contributors with many PBS shows. I am suspicious.

Reply to turbinetree (Original post)

Fri Jun 16, 2017, 01:36 PM

Jun 2017

turbinetree

(24,703 posts)

2. Yepper, spot on

Reply to BigmanPigman (Reply #1)

Fri Jun 16, 2017, 02:00 PM

Jun 2017

locks

(2,012 posts)

3. I immediately emailed

Reply to turbinetree (Original post)

Fri Jun 16, 2017, 06:18 PM

Jun 2017

both of our PBS stations in Denver. They are outstanding, hard to imagine them airing this doc. Told them I would do all I could to let their supporters know. DuVos and these big corps hate PBS almost as much as public education.

turbinetree

(24,703 posts)

4. I have told my Maryland stations to do the same thing

Reply to locks (Reply #3)

Fri Jun 16, 2017, 07:10 PM

Jun 2017

why give this right wing zealot the means to air her zealotry into the public forum, with the help undermine there operating system principles and charter they operate under, that has been in place since the 1970's to inform and help the public.

Well this Amway ponzi scheme operator, who reminds me of the money changers in the public square, she is just evil, trying to inflict her dogma and the Koch dogma into from public consumption to benefit "Dark Money " ass***** to create the plutocracy they desperately want and need to say that .....see government is a failure

Again F*** Them and the horse they ride in on

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