(The Sentinel) – The Kansas City Star exaggerated repeatedly in a story about a protest at Shawnee Mission North over comments a teacher made in an op-ed for The Lion, a publication of the Herzog Foundation.
The bias began in the very first paragraph, stating: “A crowd of Shawnee Mission North High School students walked out of class Wednesday morning to protest teacher Caedran Sullivan, who has been making headlines lately for her far-right claims that the school is indoctrinating students and ‘white shaming.’”
The Star, however, offers no proof of Sullivan’s position as “far-right.”
Indeed, as the Sentinel previously reported, Sullivan made no mention of personal politics in her columns; rather, she cited specific examples of divisive actions in the district that are driving wedges between students and teachers and “creating a culture of contempt and disrespect.”
Moreover, a 2022 poll by SurveyUSA on behalf of Kansas Policy Institute, the parent company of The Sentinel, found widespread concern about content in schools among people who self-identify as conservative, moderate, and liberal, which refutes the Star’s “far-right” label.
According to the poll, when asked “How concerned or unconcerned are you that students in the public schools in your district may be learning things you personally would object to?” 74% of conservatives, 47% of moderates, and 33% of liberals were either “very” or “somewhat concerned.”
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