David FleetwoodJul 26, 2023
Dr. Holly Walters

PragerU is propaganda. It isn't, in any way, an academic organization. It's a YouTube channel that makes lecture-style videos that explicitly promote evangelical Christianity, political disinformation, anti-LGBTQ talking points, Islamophobia, and Anti-Semitism.

Its namesake is conservative talk radio host Dennis Prager. In no way, shape, or form should these videos be in America's classrooms.

https://bridge.georgetown.edu/research/factsheet-prageru/

Factsheet: PragerU - Bridge Initiative

PragerU, short for Prager University, is an American conservative organization that produces content to promote“Judeo-Christian values” to their millions of followers through short, lecture-style videos. Although it is not an academic institution, by using the word “university” in its title PragerU implies that the right-wing messaging they spread is factually correct and expert-driven. A number of PragerU’s videos spread anti-Muslim rhetoric and conspiracy theories. 

Bridge Initiative
Jul 25, 2023 at 3:01pmWeb
Show threadSiobhán McElduffJul 25, 2023
@Manigarm you'd be better off just showing them YouTube videos on ancient aliens.
Show threadDr. Holly WaltersJul 25, 2023
@siobhanmcelduff They'll do that too.
Show threadSiobhán McElduffJul 25, 2023
@Manigarm fun times in education.
Show threadCassandrichJul 25, 2023
@Manigarm That channel should be deleted by YouTube. They're constantly running ad campaigns that are directed hate against LGBTQ folks and youth who don't conform to their worldview.
Show threadCassandrichJul 25, 2023
@Manigarm Since Florida gov obviously won't listen, I think an amusing approach to this would be pressuring Google to delete them.
Show threadSeán na bhFritíorthaJul 25, 2023
@Manigarm
Horrific.
Show threadtoxtethogradyJul 25, 2023
@Manigarm The Anti-Semitism part is very curious, as PragerU was the creation of Dennis Prager, and Prager's early career was as a founder of Jews for Judaism, which was against the Messianic Jews (AKA Jews for Jesus). He was always conservative, but this is Hillsdale College crazy...
Show threadPreservedoneJul 25, 2023
@Manigarm Creationist as well. Oh and also unaccredited anywhere.
Show threadAndreas KJul 25, 2023
@preservedone @Manigarm As it seems they are very accredited with the GOP.
Show threadMintyJul 25, 2023
@Manigarm Prager is a blowhard. A dangerous blowhard. Prager U is Trump U but with even less integrity.
Show threadΩ 🌍 Gus PoseyJul 25, 2023
@Manigarm A heartbreaking failure of intelligence and ethics.
Show threadMarc RhodesJul 25, 2023
@Manigarm @griotspeak I got sucked into a PragerU survey thinking it was a legitimate academic survey. When I started getting emails from them I saw that they are exactly as you say. Took me awhile to get unsubscribed but I am free of them now.
Show threadNate BarhamJul 26, 2023
@Manigarm @griotspeak Absolutely not!
Show threada1Jul 26, 2023
@Manigarm Iran, Florida, Texas and North Korea. Birds of a feather.
Show threadApril FurstJul 26, 2023
@Manigarm @courtcan This really sounds like the Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow (ECOT) in Ohio that fell apart in 2017 when I moved there, that is to say, it’s a grift.
Show threadRuthLInCaliforniaJul 27, 2023
@Manigarm Florida politics is disgusting!