The school administrators caught on tape admitting that they’re skirting state law deserve to be exposed. But the journalistic methods for exposing them...
Last week, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued Coppell ISD for, essentially, being “woke.” As a parent of students who completed every level of instruction in that district, I’ve found Coppell to be about as conservative, in a homey, prosaic way, as any other affluent suburb. But as a journalist, I feel the need to address the deception that formed the basis of Paxton’s lawsuit.
In short, trained journalists find whistleblowers — people in the organization whose integrity outweighs their need for a paycheck — to verify the facts they present, and make sure their voices are heard. This is how all the most celebrated journalistic investigations of the last 100 years have been conducted, from Watergate to Spotlight.
Deceptive reporting practices also undermine the kind of community trust that makes schools strong. There’s a risk that after the AIM episode, Coppell ISD officials will be less likely to speak with people who actually are parents, and those meetings are more likely to be pro-forma, impersonal and bureaucratic. When every conversation might be recorded and every person who comes through the door might be a “citizen journalist,” then the walls go up and truth is even more obscured.
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