US Elections (& Politics) :)
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bigredfish
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I haven’t read/listened to the story , but I would suggest ALL parents. Parents need to be more engaged with their kids education and not treat it as a day care.
Still once again it misses the mark. The bigger problem is liberal teachers and teacher unions. Liberalism is a cancer on our society.
Still once again it misses the mark. The bigger problem is liberal teachers and teacher unions. Liberalism is a cancer on our society.
I worked as a middle school teacher for 14 years of my career in California. Within a month of starting back in '03, I pissed off the union leadership by asking why in the hell union money was going towards promoting liberal causes that have NOTHING to do with school or education at all...... They sent me a form to renounce my union membership if I don't like it. Funny thing-- my money would still be STOLEN FROM ME to pay the exact same amount as a "bargaining fee". It is a racket, and they don't give a shit about kids--- they have 2 missions: Keep teachers happy (unreasonably overpaid), and fund the promotion of a LIBERAL AGENDA. SonOfABitch I am glad I got the hell out of that shithole state!
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@Oceanslider Perhaps if the NY Times can lower the cost of their paper so that lower-income folks can have access to their content, then perhaps there can be a better penetration as far as how news is dispersed and how they have a say in the public education system. Having access to weak news (written by a first grader) only results in knowing one part of the story. Also, it depends on the reader in terms of how much interest they have in reading the paper to begin with. Reading simply the headlines is not equivalent to reading the full story.
There's a wide disparity in terms of what people know simply based on how they get their news
There's a wide disparity in terms of what people know simply based on how they get their news
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sebastiantombs
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I used to read the NY Times every day, for many, many years, when it was actually a newspaper. Now I wouldn't even use it to line a bird cage, let alone bother reading it.
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Journalism is not what it used to be... a part of this is due to the business models of traditional media failing to change and as a results new media capturing the income streams ( ad and classified revenue ) resulting in cut backs from payroll for good journalism.
Sad state for the 4th estate
That noted, the independent and smaller journalists / media producers are wanting to produce.. the challenge is that new media like FB Youtube want to demonetize them.
sebastiantombs
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Journalism isn't journalism at all any more. It's just a coordinated bunch of talking points that only support one side of an argument. Objectivism no longer exsists and has been replaced by group think. The funny part of it is, if you object to that or point that out you are called a fascist while this is a basic principal of fascism, and Marxism, in the first place.
handinpalm
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Journalism? This crap that they put out is not Journalism. Ever notice the big 3 news networks have exactly the same news stories at the same time for the evening news. You can flip through the channels and see the same thing on at the same time. These so called Journalist are the dumbest idiots of the human race and they are the ones telling us how the Earth rotates. I do not think they tie their own shoes. The Media is the Enemy!
bigredfish
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Agree. This is greatly due to social media and the fact that most people on it will believe anything Kim Kardashian (insert your favorite celebrity with no credibility) says as gospel.
People have become too lazy to think for themselves. It’s sad.
sebastiantombs
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Yeah, I just love Hollyweird celebrities, that live in a bubble protected by armed security, walls and gates, telling us proletariat what we should think and do. Even if they started out with nothing, almost all of them seem to get caught up in that "I know better than you 'cause I'm rich" line of thinking. I may like them as performers, but I detest their attitudes and need to preach.
Yes, NOT.From the article:
“If you have to keep updating and changing the results of a 'fact check,' maybe you should be doing them,” author Derek Hunter responded.
I'm guessing it meant to say NOT doing them
Also, get this: "....We rate the claim that the Trump campaign is using Nazi imagery as INCONCLUSIVE, based on our research,” Peebles wrote in the updated version. "
"Inconclusive?" Peeples, you're a moron.....try "NOT TRUE at all and we're idiots for suggesting that the eagle on the tee shirt resembled anything the Nazis ever presented. Furthermore, we couldn't even perform a third grader's task of showing you one to make our point! However, we did prove that we're all functional idiots here at USA Today, I think...didn't we?"
BobRegnar
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The liberal stranglehold on journalism is an inevitable result of the liberals' takeover of academia. When America-hating murderers/bombers/terrorists get pardoned by a dem president and immediately get job offers as professors/advisers in top tier universities, can anyone seriously question their intent?
And it sickens me to the core when people still believe everything they read in the paper; loyal readers per say. They don't think outside the box. Always construed on one thought
Citizen App has been informing me of the increase of daily cases everyday. It tells me that cases are increasing .3-.4% everyday (increasing "slowly")
After a week, if you add up the totals the media will not emphasize how the number of cases has increased "significantly"
They want us to believe that things are fine when in reality they are clearly not.
I don't by whom these numbers are perpetrated by, but this essentially suspicious reporting.
The infection rate has gone up and that's all I need to say.
After a week, if you add up the totals the media will not emphasize how the number of cases has increased "significantly"
They want us to believe that things are fine when in reality they are clearly not.
I don't by whom these numbers are perpetrated by, but this essentially suspicious reporting.
The infection rate has gone up and that's all I need to say.
Journalism...that term in 2020 is a joke. I am so sick of the terms "experts say", "experts predict", "scientists predict", and "insiders say". Who the F are these "experts" and what are their credentials? Who made them "experts"?
sebastiantombs
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I still question the whole "cases" numbers. There have been far too many instances where "cases" were being counted that were not, and are not, actual cases of CCP Virus. I do believe that things are getting out of hand in FL, TX, CA and a bunch of other states, but it seems to be related to moronic behavior by certain groups of people all crowding together for one "good reason" or another. My personal view is that it will continue to spread no matter what we do unless and until there is an effective vaccine. Hopefully, that will happen quite soon, but if not we're going to be stuck with herd immunity for a cure, like it or not.
Here in Houston the local CBS channel news has a segment they call Verify. People write in and ask questions and the station talks to whoever and Verifies the issue. Last night it was stated that "We do have reason to believe that people can become re-infected with the same strain. It appears it will take several months in between". This was stated by Houston Health Authority Dr. David Persse.
So I take that to mean that any vaccine would not provide immunity for more than a few months. Bummer.
So I take that to mean that any vaccine would not provide immunity for more than a few months. Bummer.
sebastiantombs
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We watch the local ABC station from Philly for our "local" news and weather. They are such a bunch of hacks it boggles the mind. According to them the President suspended the CCP Virus briefings because he suggested people inject Lysol or Clorox. Today they talked about the Mayor of Portland being tear gassed by Federal "troops" when it was local police that declared a riot and used tear gas. I have to retrain myself from throwing something through the nice, big, flat screen at times.
And we wonder why the general public is clueless and so poorly informed.
And we wonder why the general public is clueless and so poorly informed.
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