Goldwater Institute has called for a retraction from 12News after the outlet “pushed a false claim that 20% of Arizona ESA spending is improper, and they recruited a ‘Princeton’ fact checker to bolster their inaccuracies.”
RETRACTION REQUIRED: @12News pushed a false claim that 20% of Arizona ESA spending is improper, and they recruited a 'Princeton' fact checker to bolster their inaccuracies.
But they're still wrong. Time for @craigharrisnews
& @joedanareports to retract their misstatements and… pic.twitter.com/cFAVGWn6GF— Goldwater Institute (@GoldwaterInst) March 20, 2026
ICYMI: The legacy media told you Arizona’s ESA program had 20% fraud.
Reality: Less than 2%.
So where did the 20% come from?
A cherry-picked audit of high-risk accounts.And the reporter pushing it?
Tied to Red for Ed activism.This wasn’t journalism.
It was a hit job.Full… pic.twitter.com/R9eOdFt0O5
— Arizona Free Enterprise Club (@azfec) March 22, 2026
Eighty percent of Democrat sending everywhere is probably improper.