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Tilted Cat Head
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Location: Manhattan, NY
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Originally Posted by Charlatan
Cyn... it's the main reason that media literacy needs to be taught in school. We teach kids to read English but we don't teach them to understand the moving image or how to interpret media critically.
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Thinking critically does not just apply to media. It applies to understanding that something an individual decides is bad for them, is in fact bad for them based on a logical premise and construct.
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Originally Posted by ottopilot
Hugo Chavez would agree with you. Who's interpretation? Media literacy? How about everyone line up for their ear-tags at the slaughter-house.
"we do what we're told..." Peter Gabriel.
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Individuals just need to be given the tools. Many Jews, Hindus, Protestants, and Atheists were classmates of mine in my Roman Catholic High School. We were all taught to challenge all thinking and discussion points. Some understood the importance of this, and others did not.
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Originally Posted by Willravel
Teaching comprehension doesn't have to include any bias, otto. I'll bet you could teach me the finer points of how to boat without me leaving the lesson voting for Reagan.
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Oh but you will give bias to different boats, boating equipment, boating technique, and the like.
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Originally Posted by ratbastid
Fox News is bad for America.
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It is? How so? Isn't various opinions the mainstay of the fabric of free speech?
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Originally Posted by ottopilot
By assuming the need, or by the mere premise that there is a correct way to comprehend media, we have introduced bias. We are trending down a slippery road if we attempt to silence opposing views by nudging the public into "right-think" ... bombarding them with passive-aggressive political re-education. i.e. (paraphasing) ...if a lie is presented as fact, and repeated cosistently with the appearence of authority, it becomes truth in the public eye... for example: "evil empire", WMDs (reps & dems), "transparency", "change", "create or save", "smart/green", "global warmig/climate change"... on and on. I'm sure everyone can add to the list. For as biased as MSNBC (any NBC/GE) or Public Broadcasting is, FOX has as much a right to exist. I hear more political strategy and emotional opinion aimed agaist FOX rather than facts. Nailing down the so-called lies with facts is not happening. I see a well coordinated smear program led from the office of the president in attempt to silence an opposing viewpoint. This is what we should be questioning. Who next is silenced with "right-think" or "media literacy"? This is what's dangerous if you believe in true free speech. The buy-in that FOX is dangerous sounds like the conditioning is working well among the very "useful idiots". Be careful what you wish for. Regarding the Reagan comment... I will not support any leader that puts party and ideology above the Constitution. Reagan, GHWB, and Oliver North should have been prosecuted for Iran-Contra... it's why I voted for Clinton the first time... I'm highly misunderstood. I can live wth that.
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Providing someone tools to think critical about things, thoughts, beliefs is not biased. It's no more biased than instruction on how to digest food. Unless of course, you're indicating that anarchy and thoughtlessness is absolutely bias free.
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