Fort Worth Weekly Misinformation Machine Ramping Up? As baseless conspiracies about Critical Race Theory reach school board meetings across much of the United States, scholars are increasingly speaking out. By Edward Brown Republican lawmakers in more than two dozen states have tried to restrict conversations on race and racism in public schools. Courtesy of Vox The months leading up to last week’s boisterous Fort Worth school board meeting — where dozens of parents alternatively spoke for and against Critical Race Theory (CRT) — saw a precipitous uptick in the mention of CRT on Fox News. A recent study by Media Matters, a left-leaning media watchdog, counted 1,300 mentions of CRT on Fox News in the last three and a half months alone — a sharp increase, the nonprofit reported. Reporting by Media Matters, NBC News, The Daily Beast, and many other news outlets have cited Fox News as a leading source of misinformation about CRT.