Reply #95: Scholastic Books (Sourcewatch)

[Joanne98]

Scholastic
From SourceWatch
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Scholastic is "the world's largest publisher and distributor of children's books" as well as a range of other materials including "magazines, technology-based products, teacher materials, television programming, film, videos and toys." <1> (http://www.scholastic.com/aboutscholastic/news/press_11142005_CG.htm)

It has global revenues of approximately $2 billion. <2> (http://www.scholastic.com/aboutscholastic/index.htm)

Table of contents
1 Propaganda

2 Contact details

3 Related SourceWatch Resources

4 External Links

Propaganda
Scholastic initially provided online links to a Discussion Guide for the Class Room: "9/11 Discussion Guide for the ABC Miniseries" (http://content.scholastic.com/browse/lessonplan.jsp?id=415) "The Path to 9/11".

Available online as recently as September 6, 2006 (16:18 EST), the links were no longer available as of September 7, 2006 (06:25 EST). Richard Cranium noted (http://allspinzone.com/blog/index.php?itemid=3303) in The All Spin Zone Blog that on September 6, 2006, at 21:45:45 EST, the link " up to a blank search page."

"Thinking this was merely a site problem or something," Cranium "did a quick search of the Scholastic website. ... Nothing. Nada. Zip. Zilch. Bupkis."

Obviously, some time in the late afternoon/early evening of September 6, 2006, Scholastic pulled its linkage to the increasingly controversial docudrama.

At the time of Cranium's post, the PDF links were "still online, but are not linked anywhere on Scholastic's website. The main page is gone, as is the introduction, so perhaps the PDF's just haven't been scrubbed yet." The September 6, 2006, background article (http://mediamatters.org/items/200609060008) on the "Discussion Guide" by Media Matters for America linked to some then-active PDFs.

Judd Legum of Think Progress contacted (http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/07/scholastic-911/) Scholastic the morning of September 7, 2006, and was told by "a Scholastic spokeswoman, the materials are 'temporarily down' but will 'be back up later.' She could not confirm whether any changes would be made."

Cranium also noted (http://allspinzone.com/blog/index.php?itemid=3303): "It was brought to my attention via email that Scholastic has also, in recent years and months, hooked up with such notable organizations" as the American Petroleum Institute and defense contractor Northrop Grumman "to catapult propaganda of other stripes."

Contact details
57 Broadway
New York, New York 10012
Phone: [phone]
Website: www.scholastic.com


Related SourceWatch Resources
"The Path to 9/11" (2006 Docudrama)
External Links
"ABC and Scholastic release skewed Path to 9/11 'Discussion Guide' for high school teachers to assign to students," (http://mediamatters.org/items/200609060008) Media Matters for America, September 6, 2006.
Richard Cranium, "BREAKING: Did Scholastic Yank 'Path to 9/11' Propaganda?" (http://allspinzone.com/blog/index.php?itemid=3311) The All Spin Zone Blog, September 6, 2006.
"ABC-Sponsored teaching materials falsely suggest Iraq had WMD, link War in Iraq to 9/11," (http://mediamatters.org/items/200609060005) Media Matters for America, September 6, 2006.
"Scholastic yanks Path to 9/11 teaching materials," (http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/06/scholastic-yanks-path-to-911-teaching-materials/) Think Progress, September 6, 2006.
Eric Boehlert, "Scholastic and ABC Team Up To Spread Misinformation About 9/11 To Students Nationwide," (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/eric-boehlert/scholastic-and-abc-team-u_b_28879.html) The Huffington Post, September 7, 2006.
"Readers' comments on Bush/Terror," (http://www.consortiumnews.com/2006/090706a.html) consortiumnews.com, September 7, 2006.
John Borowski, "Peddling 'The Path to 9/11' to Kids. Disney Teams with Scholastic," (http://www.counterpunch.org/borowski09072006.html) CounterPunch, September 7, 2006.
Judd Legum, "CONFIRMED: Scholastic Still Promoting Path To 9/11," (http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/07/scholastic-911/) Think Progress, September 7, 2006.
"ABC, Scholastic injecting conservative misinformation into the classroom," (http://mediamatters.org/items/200609070001) Media Matters for America, September 7, 2006.

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