Thursday, August 21, 2008

Thank You Sir, May I Have Another?

MSM Misses Easy Facts in Paddling Story

By now you've no doubt heard the breathless mainstream media cacophony about how minority children are spanked more in class than non-minority children. In a well-organized propaganda blitzkrieg, the eternal scolds at Human Rights Watch have manufactured yet another story from their "America is racist" template that has rippled through the credulous MSM, singling out Texas and Mississippi for their scorn:

"Researchers also interviewed students, parents and school personnel in Texas and Mississippi, states that account for 40 percent of the 223,190 kids who were paddled at least once in the 2006-2007 school year."
But there are some annoying little factoids missed by this fulminating coverage.

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