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The Texas Board of Education voted to put a more conservative view to the history curriculum in schools statewide, starting a national controversy between liberals and conservatives.

We're taking a look at perspectives from CNN, Fox News, Mediaite and The New York Times.

CNN's Tom Foreman filed a report that focuses almost entirely on the changes conservative board members are making. He points out Texas's huge student population ensures that these changes could affect students nationwide. 

"OUT, too much talk about Thomas Jefferson and the Enlightenment, which stressed reasoning and science over faith.  IN, more recognition of the contribution of religious leaders, like Moses, to American ideals.  OUT, calling the U.S. government 'democratic,' like the party.  IN, calling it a constitutional republic.  OUT, capitalism, which some board members fear has been turned into a dirty word.  IN, free enterprise."

Fox News contributor Tucker Carlson says liberal bias has tainted history textbooks for decades and it needs to be counterbalanced. 

"So, for instance, some of the conservatives on the board have fought back against the inclusion of a very minor-league left-wing United Farm Workers activist who no one has ever heard of, they're convinced kids ought to worship at her shrine... Members of the board have said 'look, Communists did actually infiltrate the United States government after the Second World War.  McCarthy may have been a demagogue but he was right to that extent." 

The blog Medialite takes issue with Carlson's comments and also Fox News' coverage of the issue, saying they're "promoting McCarthyism." 

"It isn’t the first time a Fox News commentator has taken on the public education system’s assumed liberal bias... [Carlson] mocked the outraged reactions of the more liberal members of the board..."

The coverage by ABC focuses more on conservative members of the board, pointing out that dentist Don McLeroy has no educational background in history.

"But critics say that McLeroy and the conservative Christian block have consistently overreached...  They did successfully remove the author of the children's book 'Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?,' Bill Martin Jr., because they mistook him for another Bill Martin, who wrote a book critical of capitalism."

MCLEROY: "That was embarrassing.  You know, we made a mistake.  Somebody had pointed that out and they didn't do their research." 

HARRIS: "People are really latching onto it as an example of reckless zeal."

So are these Texas board members overstepping their bounds or are they just setting the record straight?

Writer: Ben Stewart

Producer: Newsy Staff