http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/7213/all en http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/times-obsesses-over-texas-conservatives-changing-curriculum-ignores-far-left-hispanic-group <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subtitle"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Austin-based reporter James McKinley Jr. constantly declaims about &quot;conservatives&quot; who want to soften the liberal edge of school textbooks, but ignores the presence of the far-left Hispanic nationalist group MEChA featured in a photo. </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/clay-waters">Clay Waters</a> </div> </div> </div> Reporter James McKinley Jr. was in Austin to cover a controversy over school curriculum in Texas, with conservatives on the state Board of Education trying to soften the liberal tone of the state's textbooks and include more records of conservative accomplishments. His Thursday story, "<a target="" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/11/us/politics/11texas.html?scp=2&sq=james%20mckinley&st=cse">Texas Conservatives Seek Deeper Stamp on Texts</a>," was positively sodden with "conservative" labels, yet he managed to ignore a radical leftist group featured in an accompanying photo.<br /><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/times-obsesses-over-texas-conservatives-changing-curriculum-ignores-far-left-hispanic-group" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Articles MRC Culture Education Conservatives JamesMcKinleyTexas LabelingBias liberalmediabias MECha NewYorkTimes NewYorkTimesbias TimesWatch Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:49:00 +0000 admin 7419 at http://archive2.mrc.org