Category Archives: Media Bias

@NewsObserver Pens Cherry Picking, Outlandish Op-Ed Attacking Common Core Opposition

Posted on March 25, 2014 by A.P. Dillon

Media bias is so fun, especially from an anonymously penned Op-ed the News and Obscurer Observer. The media in NC is no friend to those opposing Common Core. At every public forum, you’re going to get a few speakers who are not representative of the whole, however their concerns shouldn’t be cherry-picked and mocked as they are in this Op-Ed. Right now, N&O has this smear job nonsense up:
Common Core opponents hurt their credibility with outlandish claims

It opens with:

Really? The Common Core State Standards for public schools will lead children and the nation toward communism? The standards promote abortion and feminism?

Go ahead, read the rest. It’s short, but my response won’t be. Continue reading →

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@WRAL Doubles Down On Bashing Common Core Opposition

Posted on March 21, 2014 by A.P. Dillon

Yesterday, I pointed out the remarkable attempt at spin and shuttuppery by WRAL on the Common Core public comment that went on at the NC General Assembly: What @WRAL Doesn’t Tell You: Two Thirds Spoke In Opposition to Common Core

WRAL picked the one speaker who showed up with an over-sized Bible to use as their graphic to represent those speaking in opposition to Common Core. This is your local media, people. Go leave them a comment.

Today, they’ve doubled down. Here’s a screenshot of that same story now: Continue reading →

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What @WRAL Doesn’t Tell You: Two Thirds Spoke In Opposition to Common Core

Posted on March 20, 2014 by A.P. Dillon

There’s a gap in the media coverage on the Common Core hearing held today at the NC General Assembly:

MT @LadyLiberty1885: Public rips #CommonCore — 2/3 opposed, @WRAL reports more on who likes it. http://t.co/vFq74QQenq #stopcommoncore

— Pete Kaliner (@PeteKaliner) March 20, 2014

WRAL did a bang up job taking the bulk of quotes from the minority, but well funded, side of the house. Continue reading →

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More On That #UNCW “Survey”

Posted on March 18, 2014 by A.P. Dillon

The “survey” put out by two professors at UNCW is still making the rounds, despite it’s decidedly biased sample and lack of scientific methodology. For background, read my last article on it.

The “survey” has popped up on the Your Schools blog over at the Charlotte Observe Continue reading →

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About That UNCW Poll…

Posted on March 11, 2014 by A.P. Dillon

There’s a survey floating around out there from UNCW on education. Some folks can barely contain their glee at a survey that so conveniently fits the BlueprintNC/Moral Monday style narrative they and their cohorts have been touting for a while now. Local media of course endorsed it.

While NC Policy Watch’s Wagner is celebrating more BlueprintNC crippling and eviscerating, I say not so fast. This survey was already on my radar and a few other’s, who have noted some big problems with it:

FYI… 60+% of them had public school employment history MT @kennycmckee: UNCW asked parents about #NCGA & #NCED => http://t.co/XAiuaYz1wN

— Pete Kaliner (@PeteKaliner) March 10, 2014 Continue reading →

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@WRAL’s Hard Hitting #Obamacare Navigator Investigation

Posted on March 5, 2014 by A.P. Dillon

Last night while browsing the local news, I was treated to WRAL’s hard-hitting Obamacare navigator investigation.

@wral doing an #obamacare phone bank right now on air instead of investigating navigators in NC. Unbelievable. #ncpol

— LL1885 – A.P. Dillon (@LadyLiberty1885) March 4, 2014

Yeah. Hard hitting promotion investigating.

Here is who is getting money in NC with regards to Obamacare navigators: Continue reading →

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