[martin_fierro]

Define the term "rhetoric," and discuss how words can be used as "weapons" and to sway political opinion.

	Media Shenanigans/ Schadenfreude
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[reegs]

Astounded at what I found following the link, I zipped off the following e-mail to Rush. Hopefully he can give this wider coverage:

Rush,
Earlier this week you mildly defended CNN as sometimes getting it right. Well, their new-found "fair and balanced" act maybe an attempt to salvage their sagging ratings, but the following link proves their bias and desire to shape the views of their future market -- the "youts" of America (found on FreeRepublic.com BTW):

http://cnnstudentnews.cnn.com/2004/fyi/news/06/02/learning.bush.speech/

The "learning activity" asks students to analyze Bush's speech at the Air Force academy and then "define the term 'rhetoric' and discuss how words can be used as 'weapons' and to sway political opinion." The activity then asks the students to analyze other Bush pronouncements on Iraq and the War on Terror (using the handy-dandy links to CNN articles) and work in teams to create presentations. Then, "after the presentations, have students discuss how Bush is using words as weapons and what he hopes will be gained by his rhetoric."

Rush, this would be funny if it wasn't so SCARY! One wonders how many educators use the cnnstudentnews.cnn.com site to "create" lesson plans for them? Just more proof that parents need to know what is being taught to their children.

[Helms]

"Define the term "rhetoric," and discuss how words can be used as "weapons" and to sway political opinion."

How incredibly cynical and especially true of Arab media , BBC and CNN.

Perhaps CNN is telling us even more about themselves.

From the breathtakingly unimpassioned cable network.