{"id":40354,"date":"2025-08-28T11:30:39","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T15:30:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/2025\/08\/28\/thats-just-not-accurate-sc-book-ban-debate-sparks-fiery-clash-at-state-meeting\/"},"modified":"2025-08-28T11:30:39","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T15:30:39","slug":"thats-just-not-accurate-sc-book-ban-debate-sparks-fiery-clash-at-state-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/2025\/08\/28\/thats-just-not-accurate-sc-book-ban-debate-sparks-fiery-clash-at-state-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;That\u2019s Just Not Accurate!&#8221; | SC Book Ban Debate Sparks Fiery Clash at State Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tnyGFIYfV3g?cc_load_policy=1&#038;modestbranding=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>Tensions erupted during a South Carolina Department of Education presentation in Columbia as lawmakers clashed over book bans in public schools. State Superintendent Ellen Weaver defended a policy allowing statewide removal of certain books, while critics argued it infringes on free expression\u2014one lawmaker even comparing Bible passages to banned material. South Carolina leads the nation in school book removals, and the debate reflects growing national concerns over education, censorship, and curriculum control.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tensions erupted during a South Carolina Department of Education presentation in Columbia as lawmakers clashed over book bans<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":40355,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15206],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40354","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-upstate-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40354","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40354"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40354\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40355"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40354"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}