>-----Original Message----- >From: Plano ISD eNews [mailto:enews@pisd.edu] >Sent: Monday, December 12, 2005 6:24 PM >To: @@@@@@@@@@@ >Subject: False Rumor - 'Red and Green Clothing Ban' > >Dear Plano ISD eNews Subscribers: > >On Friday, December 9, on the Fox News Channel's "The O'Reilly Factor," with >Bill O'Reilly and guest Jim Pinkerton, Fox 4 News analyst, it was falsely >reported in a segment entitled "More Victories for Christmas" that ... > >....."In Plano, Texas, a school told students they couldn't wear red and >green because they are Christmas colors."...... > >Due to the number of e-mails, inquiries and phone calls to Plano ISD >regarding students "wearing red and green," Superintendent of Schools Dr. >Doug Otto is e-mailing this communication to eNews subscribers (and has >posted this message on the PISD website) to assure the school community that >this rumor is false. > >"The school district does not restrict students or staff from wearing >certain color clothes during holiday times or any other school days," noted >Dr. Otto, who said that the school district's attorney has requested that >Mr. O'Reilly retract the statement. > >Dr. Otto said that our attorney requested of Mr. O'Reilly that, in the >future, he ask his fact checkers to do a more thorough job of confirming the >facts before he airs them. > >"It would be our hope that you would engage in fair and balanced reporting >of this nationally recognized school district in the future," PISD's >attorney wrote to Mr. O'Reilly. > >Related Link: > >The O'Reilly Report - "More Victories for Christmas" - online segment >summary: >http://www.billoreilly.com/show?action=getShowByShowTopic&showTopicID=2252#1 > > >Thank you for subscribing to eNews. Your colleagues, friends and neighbors^M >may sign up for eNews at: http://elist.pisd.edu. Archived messages may be^M >found online at: http://www.pisd.edu/news/enews. > >Best regards, > >Doug Otto, Superintendent of Schools >Karla Oliver, Executive Director for Government and Community Relations >Mary Gorden, Public Information Officer / eNews Editor >
But wasn't the orginal complaint that the school district prohibited colored plates, napkins, and cake icing in red or green at the "winter holiday part" -- not that they banned colored clothes?