Greiling's grandstanding
Yesterday I noted that, in her letter to the editor of the Minneapolis Star Tribune, Minnesota state Rep. Mindy Greiling accused Star Tribune metro columnist Katherine Kersten of "reckless journalistic standards" and "gross distortion of facts" with respect to her two columns on the Tarek ibn Ziyad Academy.
Kersten's two columns on TIZA are accessible here (March 9) and here (April 9). Greiling's letter fails to cite a single fact that Kersten got wrong in her columns about the school. Here is an overview of the statements Kersten made:
The Facts:
1. TIZA's strong religious connections date from its founding in 2003. Its co-founders, Zaman and Hesham Hussein, were both imams, or Muslim religious leaders, as well as leaders of the Muslim American Society of Minnesota...
