Educational media giant Scholastic, Inc. announced it's dropping its original classroom companion guides to a controversial new docudrama about the events preceding the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks -- and replacing them with materials stressing critical thinking and media literacy.I'm sure all the bad publicity drove that decision.
“After a thorough review of the original guide that we offered online to about 25,000 high school teachers, we determined that the materials did not meet our high standards for dealing with controversial issues,” said Dick Robinson, Chairman, President and CEO of Scholastic, in a press release.
ABC will show the propaganda, we can't stop that but we can make it hurt. Contact advertisers, both ABC and local affiliate advertisers. Urge friends and family to not visit Disney facilities or purchase Disney products.
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