K–12: Fake News, Fake Education

American Thinker ^ | Oct 8, 2019 | Deitrick Price

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The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold... When Yeats wrote his famous lines in 1919, he was describing the chaos in Europe after World War I.

The world had exploded into pieces; communication among them was difficult. Even though life feels safer now, we nonetheless have the same uneasy sensation that deceit has become ordinary. People say one thing, mean the opposite. The center cannot hold.

President Trump complains a lot about the dishonesty of fake news. The fascinating thing is that the bearers of Fake News, such as CNN, flip the story so that Trump's complaints are said to be America's big problem, not the media's lies. That spin is an example of things falling apart.

The most unexpected feature of modern life is that fake news is only half the fakery we have to endure. There's a parallel universe, a twin, that we call education. Our public schools seem to be imitating our media.

Empty talking heads are the common denominator in media and education. Controlling opinions and attitudes is the chief concern. There is hostility toward facts and knowledge.

Here's how it works. Trump complained three years ago that illegal aliens crossing the border to Texas were not always the best people. There were some criminals and rapists in the bunch. Every honest person knows precisely what Trump meant. But from that moment, liberal pundits stated emphatically that Trump claims that all Mexicans are rapists, and this proves he is a racist. Such a distortion is so unhinged that you are shocked they try it.

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Go read the article.

[cuban leaf]

Great article. It reminded me of a time before the internet when Some high profile “christian conservative” made a comment about Nelson Mandela. I believe it may have been Pat Robertson or Jerry Falwell.

Anyway, the person was villified in the press for speaking out against the anointed one at the time, it was incessant and seemed to go on for months. But, curiously, I could not find anywhere what he actually said that was so bad (that would not be a problem today, but it is the internet that changed that).

Anyway, I finally found an article that repeated the quote. This is my recollection of the quote: Nelson Mandela does not speak for the majority of blacks in South Africa.

Here is the comical part: The majority was, apparently Zulu, and the Zulu were enemies of the Mandela “tribe”.

IOW, what he said was the truth.

I’ve not trusted the MSM since.

[ClearCase_guy]

Once a school system shifts toward social engineering and ideological manipulation, truth is no longer deemed essential. Whatever will move the most people in the direction you want, that becomes truth.

The Left fights Reality. They think they can win.

[jdsteel]

I was in a HS cafeteria last night (after party for my granddaughter’s soccer game) and the TV’s were on. Freaking CNN spewing anti-Trump propaganda. In school. I kid you not.