Tag: academic freedom bills
For Worst Reporting on Academic Freedom Bills This Year, Montana Leads the Competition
We’re hardly a month into 2015, but media distortions are already multiplying.
On Academic Freedom Bills and More, Here’s Why I Rarely Trust Reporters: The Case of Patrick Anderson
Yesterday a reporter at the Argus Leader in South Dakota called to interview me. We discussed a bill that’s recently been submitted in his state.
Media Wrongly Claim Indiana Academic Freedom Bill Opens the Door to Intelligent Design
Academic freedom bills are only intended to cover topics that are already in the curriculum. Topics that are not in the curriculum (like intelligent design) are not covered by such legislation.
Nature Admits “Bioscience is Thriving” in Louisiana, Blows Up Darwin Lobby Talking Point
Darwin lobbyists cried that Louisiana’s sci-tech economy would tank because of the Science Education Act, and guess what happened?
Governor of Tennessee Duped by Darwin Lobby Rhetoric about the Need to Protect Academic Freedom
Governor of Tennessee Bill Haslam allowed his state’s academic freedom bill to become law, but he also bought into some of the falsehoods being spread by the Darwin Lobby.