Right-wing media hammer teachers,�teachers�unions | Media Matters for America

Right-wing media hammer teachers,�teachers�unions | Media Matters for America

Media conservatives have a history of criticizing of teachers, teachers unions, and public schools. Among their attacks are bizarre assertions that many teachers harbor Napoleon complexes or "peculiar attractions" to children, and claims that teachers unions are "communist" or the "single most dangerous entity ... in this country."

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