Randi Weingarten sparring with Martha MacCallum on Fox News (Tiwtter/@FoxNews)
A teacher’s union boss appeared on Fox News to discuss racism in schools, but she wasn’t afraid to call out another threat: the network’s alleged spread of misinformation.
Randi Weingarten, the president of the American Federation of Teachers, had initially planned to defend the anti-racism 1619 Project being added to the American curriculum.
The lessons are based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning
New York Times essay on the legacy of slavery, which Fox host Martha MacCullum had predictably strong views against.
As the two sparred on whether American independence sprang from a desire to perpetuate slavery, Weingarten pivoted to address the problem standing right in front of her: Fox News’ unique interpretation of “the facts”.
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