In the Public Interest? ProPublica Misrepresents Intelligent Design and Discovery Institute Policy

In a recent article on Secretary of Education nominee Betsy DeVos (confirmed yesterday), Annie Waldman at ProPublica delves into intelligent design -- and in the process misrepresents design theory and Discovery Institute.

She starts by describing intelligent design as a "more nuanced outgrowth of creationism," and then says that Discovery Institute's Briefing Packet for Educators advocates teaching ID under the guise of "critical thinking." That's wrong on both counts.

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