Friday, December 20, 2013

Tis The Season To Tell Big, Honking Lies: More 'War On Christmas' Calumny From The Far Right

Fox News and Glenn Beck's website "The Blaze" reported that a public school in Bulloch County, Ga., had banned Christmas cards. According to the Beck site, this was done because earlier this year Americans United had demanded that the school order teachers to "curtail religious expression while teaching."

The story was soon appearing on right-wing blogs and making a splash on social media. There was a big problem with it, however: It wasn't true.


MORE: https://au.org/blogs/wall-of-separation/tis-the-season-to-tell-big-honking-lies-more-war-on-christmas-calumny-from