Repudiation: AFA OneNewsNow Misquotes AP News

The American Family Association's "News Network" ran a story today Andrew Welsh-Huggins under the Associated Press source.  The catch is that AFA altered and perverted the meaning of the original.  It begins with paragraph one (italics added where story was adulterated).

Girls seeking abortions in New Hampshire must first tell their parents or a judge, employers in Alabama must verify new workers' U.S. residency, and California students will be the first in the country to receive mandatory pro-homosexual indoctrination under state laws set to take effect at the start of 2012.

Here's the first paragraph of the original (underlining added where AFA made changes above).

Girls seeking abortions in New Hampshire must first tell their parents or a judge, some employers in Alabama must verify new workers' U.S. residency, and California students will be the first in the country to receive mandatory lessons about the contributions of gays and lesbians under state laws set to take effect at the start of 2012.

The changes are subtle.  I almost missed them when I first read the article.  But these change the meaning of what Mr. Welsh-Huggins wrote.  The first change obscures the fact that the employers are those who do business with the state (see section 9 of the Alabama Immigration Law).

The second change is standard for those who seek to maintain a caste system, with homosexuals on a lower tier.  There is no indoctrination component to California's Fair, Accurate, Inclusive, and Respectful (FAIR) Education Act.  I've covered SB-48 a few times, most recently here.

The distortions regard FAIR continue further down (italics added where story was adulterated).

Also in California, a new law will add homosexuals to the list of social and ethnic groups whose contributions must be taught in history lessons in public schools. The law also bans teaching materials that reflect poorly on gays or particular religions.

Again, here's the original (underlining added where AFA made changes above).

A California law will add gays and lesbians and people with disabilities to the list of social and ethnic groups whose contributions must be taught in history lessons in public schools. The law also bans teaching materials that reflect poorly on gays or particular religions.

By excluding people with disabilities, AFA wants proponents of FAIR to seem heartless.  In fact, distorting facts is what is heartless.

Falsification of data, misquoting, and plagiarism are among the guarantees that a student earns an 'F' in my classroom.  AFA is alters information to sway those who don't catch the subtleties.  This was not an accident.  Had they simply copied the story, there would be no adulteration of the original.  This was deliberate and they should be ashamed.

7 January 2011, FollowUp 1.