Do we need a "Media Matters" equivalent for the right wing rewriting school books?

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"The right is rewriting history.

The most ballyhooed effort is under way in Texas , where conservatives have pushed the state school board to rewrite guidelines, downplaying Thomas Jefferson in one high school course, playing up such conservatives as Phyllis Schlafly and the Heritage Foundation and challenging the idea that the Founding Fathers wanted to separate church and state.

The effort reaches far beyond one state, however.

In articles and speeches, on radio and TV, conservatives are working to redefine major turning points and influential figures in American history, often to slam liberals, promote Republicans and reinforce their positions in today's politics.

While even some conservative intellectuals say that some of the revisionist history is simply wrong, at the core, the effort reflects the ever-changing view of history, which is always subject to revision thanks to new information or new ways of looking at things, and often is viewed through a political lens."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/3466905

Let's remind the students of America that it is perfectly OK to question what they read in their history books (Even though conservatives will probably now tell them if they do this, then they hate America and Baby Jesus). Teachers, if you also come across material that has a right wing bias, then you should also add some objectivity. Who knows, maybe the right wing can unwittingly act to open up America's mind.