Monday, May 02, 2005
When it comes to the
Put Parents in Charge plan for school choice,
The State throws away even its minimal commitment to fair and accurate reporting. Judging from
this Saturday story, they cannot even write a single accurate sentence about the bill. Here's the article's first sentence:
That fiery House floor debate we’ve all been expecting on Gov. Mark Sanford’s bill giving tax breaks for private school tuition?
Okay, let it again be noted that
State writers refuse to limit themselves to
complete sentences. While such sloppiness would draw a failing grade for an 8-year old's composition, that won't stop intrepid
State "reporters" like Jennifer Talhelm.
But what's more important is that Ms. Talhelm thoroughly fouls up her description of the bill. Talhelm distorts the facts to say that it's a private school tuition subsidy. In reality, the bill covers educational expenses of all sorts that include independent school, home school, public school tuition for other districts, transportation and other education related services. The point is that tax relief goes to parents to pay for educational expenses. The type of educational expense is up to them. That's why it's called
parental choice.Is it too much to ask Talhelm to
read the bill that she's reporting on?
Posted by Bill Smith at 11:37 AM |
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