And other liberal media would just cite it without questions. Props to NPR on this for their honesty and journalism.
Via Free Beacon:
The Department of Education reported there were 235 school-related shootings in the U.S. during the 2015-16 school year, but NPR could confirm less than 5 percent of the incidents occurred in a new report.
Of the 235 school-related shooting incidents, NPR only confirmed 11 of them. It reported 161 schools or school districts told NPR no shootings had occurred, four were miscategorized, and 59 could not be either confirmed or unconfirmed by NPR.
The huge discrepancy calls into question the reliability of data disseminated by the government on the pressing issue of school safety.
The Department of Education told NPR it relied on school districts to give accurate information in its annual Civil Rights Data Collection. It asked for the 2015-16 school year, “Has there been at least one incident at your school that involved a shooting (regardless of whether anyone was hurt)?” It published the eye-popping number—”nearly 240 schools (0.2 percent of all schools)” — this spring.