Call Scholastic and Ask for An “Editorial” to Be Noted That Complains About Occupy Wall Street Article in December Scholastic News
Michelle Malkin busted Scholastic for distributing Leftist propaganda to school children in the latest issue of Scholastic News, which went home with grade schoolers this week.
The article in question is called “What is Occupy Wall Street?”; it appeared in the December issue of Scholastic News in the section called “New Shorts”. Please read Malkin’s take on this here, as she does an excellent job of noting the whitewash Scholastic chose to give the Occupoopers (failing to report on the rapes, drug use, vandalism, deaths, and other crimes committed in the Occupooper camps).
Malkin has asked readers to call Scholastic and complain about this Leftist indoctrination in the classroom (since Scholastic has chosen to heap praise on the Occupoopers, while repeatedly showing scorn for Tea Party Americans): the email and number she gave for Scholastic is: bookclubs@scholastic.com or toll-free at 1-800-SCHOLASTIC (800-724-6527). They are available Monday – Friday: 6:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. Central Time, and on Saturday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m
However, I called Scholastic and went through their Customer Service and found a better way to voice complaint about this indoctrination in Scholastic News.
What you really need to do is to ask to speak to a Customer Service Supervisor and have that person write an internal “Editorial” to Scholastic management in their customer complaint computer system.
I spoke with Supervisor Nicole Whittington on the phone, who was very courteous and professional to deal with — her direct line is 417-455-8421. She has the ability to create an “Editorial” in the Scholastic system that would register your complaint about this matter.
The more people who call, the more “Editorials” will be written so that Scholastic executives get an idea of how truly offensive this Occupooper propaganda truly is.
Full disclosure: I’m in my mid-30s and, until today, had incredibly fond memories of Scholastic. When I was in grade school, the nuns used to hand out the Scholastic Book Club catalogs every so often; I believe these came out four times a year. I always saved up my Christmas, birthday, or “just because” money so that when the catalogs came out I’d be able to pick out some books (or fun things like stickers and posters) and order them from the Book Club. It would be a few weeks before the loot arrived at school, where the nuns would distribute the goodies; this was exciting because I never knew what day the things would arrive, and it was such a fun surprise when the stuff would get there.
I also remember the Scholastic News reading materials that we’d get every month or so; at my school, we used these in reading class and always had to write essays answering questions about these “News” items. I never remember any sort of Leftist indoctrination back then. Typically, the “News” items were innocuous and nonpolitical in nature. A lot of them were about animals, people winning marathon races, a tall building being completed, etc.
I am horrified that Scholastic is essentially giving William Ayers run of classrooms coast to coast by turning Scholastic News into Occupooper propaganda.
If you are a parent, or know of any parents you can inform about all this, I highly encourage you to stop making any purchases from the Scholastic Book Club.
Call the principal and teachers of your children’s school and tell them you do not want Scholastic News or other free Scholastic-provided material distributed in your child’s schools.
Call Nicole Whittington at Scholastic Customer Support and ask her to complete an “Editorial” noting your outrage over this Occupooper propaganda: 417-455-8421
© 2011, Kevin DuJan. All rights reserved.
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DONE! The woman I spoke with at the 417-355-8421 number seemed to be exhausted. My guess is that she recived a multitude of calls from folks like US. I was sure to tell her that I had some simpathy for the young occupiers because they don't realize that they are being used by Soros and the progressive left in the same way they used poor people and minorities to agitate for liar loans and 0% down mortages at banks Soros wanted to destroy so bigger banks could purchase them. She was kind and asked for contact information and assured me she would create an editorial of my complaint. Thisi s the most important fight we as Americans have, saving our youth (our future) fom this decaying socialist propaganda. We must let left wing propagandists know in no uncertain terms that chilkdren are off limits. Treat them like child molesters, because they are molesting the minds of innocent young people, with thier sick anti-American anti-prosperity-antii-God propaganda.
To be honest, I wasn't nearly as bothered by the OWS piece as I was by the coverage of the Tea Party movement. I don't know that children need to be reading about rapes and such, but they certainly did go lightly on the OWSers. The statements imply a certain level of support from the general public without providing any real numbers, contrasted with the acutal percentages regarding the Tea Party. Had they presented both topics using the same style (either/or), I really wouldn't have had that much of a problem with either article. It's the contrast between the two that puts the nail in the coffin for me.
Thanks so much for doing this, Kevin
Your tips will be very helpful to some people who are interested in contacting these people, but haven't done this sort of thing before….you know, NEW members of The Resistance!!
Love you XO