In a message dated 8/24/2007 12:35:07 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I truly believe that The News is the problem. There's too much of it spinning things, and way too many people buying into it. Our schools should be teaching Media Literacy as a complement to Critical Thinking Skills. (Not an easy task I know; since our schools are burdened with being policemen, social workers, psychologists -- all overwhelming for those who in addition SHOULD be experts in their own subject matter). _http://www.medialit.org/_ (http://www.medialit.org/) is a movement that started back in the 80s, and ever so slowly taking hold. One of its prime movers was Neil Postman who I studied with. He wrote _Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business_ (http://www.amazon.com/Amusing-Ourselves-Death-Discourse-Business/dp/014303653X/ref=p d_bbs_sr_1/104-8218062-7719155?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1187973726&sr=8-1) which Al Gore touted in his book The Assault on Reason. "We must prepare young people for living in a world of powerful images, words and sounds." - UNESCO, 1982 ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour
