TYT: 8 Year Old Suspended For Drawing Jesus On Cross? (& HUGE TYT Announcement!)

[ihavenobias]

Run time: 03:58 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yH-fFJuXHIQ   Posted on YouTube: December 16, 2009 By YouTube Member: Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: December 16, 2009 By DU Member: ihavenobias Views on DU: 1389

 

BREAKING:

Saturday we won an award for being the over Rush Limbaugh among others. Today it was announced that we won . So what do we do now? First, we thank the awesome fans out there who won us these awards. Second, we use this momentum to bust into 2010 and punch the competition in the mouth by winning a for Best News or Politics Web Series!

Here are 3 Easy Steps to Vote for TYT once every day through January 15th 2010 at :

1. Use the drop down box to select Best News or Politics Web Series
2. For Series Name enter 'The Young Turks'
3. For Series URL enter www.theyoungturks.com

Note: Only ONE vote per IP address per day. Also, it's optional to log-in to your Twitter account before you vote so that your nomination will post on your page.

to read about the 8 (some reports say 9) year old suspended for drawing Jesus. Notice the update where the school refutes some of the key details.

[yurbud]

1. was the kid suspended for drawing Jesus smiling?

[Mass]

4. Seems TYT took the story without all the details.

[ihavenobias]

7. See comment # 6. BTW, here is a link to the original report on the story.

http://www.tauntongazette.com/news/x1903566059/Taunton-second-grader-suspended-over-drawing-of-Jesus

[Mass]

8. I've heard so many contradictory statements since this morning on this story that it

becomes difficult to know what the truth is.

One of the version on the local news has the father say the teacher asks the kids to draw something that made them thing of Christmas. Another one says that the school district disputes it is the same drawing. Who knows what happened?

It becomes difficult to know what is true or not.

[TheEuclideanOne]

13. Exactly

This story has so many variations that it is impossible to figure out what really happened. Every time I read a new version of this story, I am angry because a) The school acted so inappropriately or b) The real story is so different from the actual facts that it was irresponsible of the original reporter to cover it the way he did.

Even minor things like the kid putting his name above the picture are hard to figure out. Was he describing himself as Jesus being crucified or did he simply put his name on the top of a picture he drew? It would be good to find out what really happened.

[midnight]

2. K&R.

[mike_c]

3. is this a television program or an inter-netcast sort of thing...?

I've never seen it before-- we don't watch television around here-- so I'm curious. Rec'd, BTW, for common sense!

[ihavenobias]

10. Here

It's easier to just post the bio. I would add that the host of the show (Cenk Uygur) on MSNBC recently. Also, in addition to the main YouTube channel, there is another launched more recently called which is filled with substantive interviews with everyone from Jane Hamsher to former Reagan Admin official Bruce Bartlett.

Bio: The Young Turks is the first ever live, daily web television talk show and it covers a unique blend of politics, entertainment, sports and pop culture. In addition to being on XM and Sirius Radio, the show also has partnership deals on the web with You Tube, Ustream, AOL and more. The Young Turks is one of the Top 100 YouTube Partners, with over 13 million views a month and over 100,00 subscribers on the main YouTube channel. They also offer a paid members-only Postgame Show, an uncensored, Internet-only wrap-up segment. As explained in a recent feature article in Fast Company magazine, the TYT brand is expanding and another entertainment based show will be launching soon.

[mike_c]

12. thanks for the info...!

I will now return to my cave....

[rcrush]

5. The article says the kid was never suspended or got in trouble.

And that all they did was send the kid to the school psychiatrist cause they thought he might be depressed or something.

[ihavenobias]

6. School officials are refuting the claims made in the original reporting on the story.

From the link I posted in the OP:

UPDATE: According to the Boston Globe, school officials in Taunton are disputing the claims made by the boy's father: http://tinyurl.com/ydgtola

[virgogal]

11. Globe Article

http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2009/12/16/taunton_officials_dispute_reports_on_jesus_sketch/

It's all about money for the father IMHO.

[proud2BlibKansan]

15. +1

[OhioChick]

9. K&R n/t

[20score]

14. K&R.