No Reader Left Behind
27 March 2007
The Editor, The Baltimore Sun
To the Editor:
You applaud that part of the No Child Left Behind Act that gives Washington the authority to set national education standards ("A flawed 'fix,'" March 27).
Your sanguine assessment of the abilities and motives of federal officials is surprising. How would you feel about a "No Reader Left Behind Act"? Such an act would set national standards for newspaper reporting and editorializing. Individual citizens surely are powerless in the face of giant media corporations such as your parent, the Tribune Co. To ensure quality reporting and opinion-making, the No Reader Left Behind Act would require Uncle Sam to set national standards to guide the news media.
Do you think that such an Act would improve Americans' access to news?
Sincerely,
Donald J. Boudreaux
Chairman, Department of Economics
George Mason University
The Editor, The Baltimore Sun
To the Editor:
You applaud that part of the No Child Left Behind Act that gives Washington the authority to set national education standards ("A flawed 'fix,'" March 27).
Your sanguine assessment of the abilities and motives of federal officials is surprising. How would you feel about a "No Reader Left Behind Act"? Such an act would set national standards for newspaper reporting and editorializing. Individual citizens surely are powerless in the face of giant media corporations such as your parent, the Tribune Co. To ensure quality reporting and opinion-making, the No Reader Left Behind Act would require Uncle Sam to set national standards to guide the news media.
Do you think that such an Act would improve Americans' access to news?
Sincerely,
Donald J. Boudreaux
Chairman, Department of Economics
George Mason University
Posted by Don Boudreaux on
Sunday November 11, 2007 at 3:43pm