Fact-Check: Austin, TX, Newspaper Bungles Description of Discovery Institute; Reporter Won't Correct Record

We've tangled with the Austin American Statesman in the past. Now the Texas paper is back, misrepresenting Discovery Institute. In her article, "Creationism at Center of Debate Over High School Biology Curriculum," Madlin Mekelburg notes:

Jonathan Witt, a fellow at the Discovery Institute, a creationist think tank, told the board he found the committee's intent behind removing the four standards to be questionable... [Emphasis added.]

Discovery Institute is an intelligent design think tank -...