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February 23, 2006

Favorite son preaches to the choir

As BoardBuzz previewed last week, John Stossel, co-anchor of ABC News' 20/20 program, delivered a "special briefing" to school voucher advocates in South Carolina yesterday. Sounds as if he received a hero's welcome. And why wouldn't he after ABC News gave him an entire hour to present a one-sided diatribe against public education?

The spokesman for South Carolinians for Responsible Government, one of the groups that sponsored the briefing, said Stossel was not paid to appear. But he sure was bathed in adoration. He's splashed all over the group's Web site, which proudly notes Stossel's recent 20/20 special "concluded school choice is needed to help improve education in America."

Jim Foster, spokesman for South Carolina's Department of Education, hits the nail on the head: "It was obvious from the beginning that he wasn't interested in examining school choice in an objective way. He had his personal opinion, and he went looking for ways to support it."

Here was NSBA's letter to ABC News regarding the recent report.

Posted February 23, 2006 9:30 AM

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