Washington Post Issues Corrections on Article About Conservative Journalist Chris Rufo
January 10, 2023 | Florida, New York
Documentary filmmaker and Manhattan Institute fellow Chris Rufo criticized The Washington Post for a recent article that he said spread multiple lies about his political views and about Critical Race Theory (CRT), leading to the newspaper issuing a correction on segments of its reporting.
In a Twitter thread, Rufo highlighted several excerpts from the article titled “DeSantis moves to turn a progressive Fla. college into a conservative one” by Washington Post education reporter Valerie Strauss. The Washington Post article focused on Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ move to name Rufo and five others to the board of the New College of Florida in Sarasota.
Rufo took particular issue with the publication’s characterization of his political views and his involvement in past efforts to stop government agencies and state businesses from teaching certain diversity programs that he argues amount to racial “scapegoating.”
The first alleged lie Rufo raised was a claim in the article that “critical race theory isn’t taught” in K-12 schools…. (Excerpt from The Epoch Times)
