MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough Says Teachers Union Sick-Out Over Lack Of Funding “Isn’t About Educating Children”
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Morning Joe co-host Joe Scarborough slammed the Detroit Federation of Teachers for having “put the children in the middle” of a fight for funding, referring to an organized sick-out that caused 94 out of 97 Detroit public schools to close on May 2. The union representing Detroit public school teachers called for the action after learning there is not enough funding to pay already earned salaries after June 30 and after months of union-led actions designed to call attention to the deplorable school conditions in Detroit caused by inadequate funding. The Morning Joe hosts failed to mention that the new funding cuts would also mean summer school and extended special education programs would be canceled, and Scarborough parroted a disputed quote from a union leader. The attack was the latest in a long history of some media outlets criticizing teachers unions. From the May 2 edition of MSNBC’s Morning Joe: