Far-right PragerU co-founder admits to ‘indoctrination’ campaign: ‘We bring doctrines to children’

Content produced by the far-right group PragerU is finding its way into a growing number of public school classrooms in Republican-controlled states. And one of that group’s co-founders is admitting that the content is meant to condition students into accepting conservative views.

NBC News reported Saturday that PragerU — which produces both animated and live-action short-form videos promulgating right-wing talking points — has been quietly lobbying education officials in GOP-led states to allow its videos to be used as official school-sanctioned curriculum. Classrooms in Florida, Montana, New Hampshire, Ohio and Oklahoma already show PragerU videos in classrooms, which include content produced by PragerU kids, which is geared specifically toward the student population.

Conservative radio host Dennis Prager, who co-founded the group with screenwriter Allen Estrin, has previously admitted that his organization was in the “mind-changing business.” During a speech at a conference hosted by far-right anti-LGBTQ group Moms for Liberty, Prager acknowledged that he was on a mission to indoctrinate public school students.

“We bring doctrines to children. That is a very fair statement,” Prager said, lauding PragerU’s “old-fashioned approach” to education. “What is the bad of our indoctrination?’”

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