Posted on 11/12/2023 5:08:29 PM PST by artichokegrower
Pushing back against the surge of misinformation online, California will now require all K-12 students to learn media literacy skills — such as recognizing fake news and thinking critically about what they encounter on the internet
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Geez. This is a no friggen brainer. IF IT’S ON TV, IT’S FAKE NEWS. IT’S DEFINITELY NOT ROCKET SCIENCE.
Goebbels 101
Men can get pregnant and have babies.
Fake news?
That isn’t a bad idea but, since this is mandated by California, I have no confidence that it will be taught the right way. Well, that isn’t exactly fair. I have no confidence about this being taught by pretty much any public schools anywhere.
I have seen instances where a school taught “Critical Thinking Skills”. Now, you might feel you know what this is. You might feel prepared to give a short description of what any reasonable person might mean by the phrase “Critical Thinking Skills”.
But I can assure you that when the schools teach “Critical Thinking Skills”, what THEY mean is: “Karl Marx was right about everything. Shut up. Stop thinking. Don’t ask questions. Get it through your head: Marx was right about everything. That’s what Critical Thinking means.”
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Not in Marxifornia, apparently.
Fake news like Trump’s collusion with Russia, that Hunter’s laptop was Russian disinformation, that the the southern border is secure, that shootings are the #1 cause of death in children, that the 2020 election was the most secure in history? That kind of fake news?
From the article:
“Teachers don’t need a state law to show students how to be smart media consumers, and some have been doing it for years. Merek Chang, a high school science teacher at Hacienda La Puente Unified in the City of Industry east of Los Angeles, said the pandemic was a wake-up call for him.
During remote learning, he gave students two articles on the origins of the coronavirus. One was an opinion piece from the New York Post, a tabloid, and the other was from a scientific journal. He asked students which they thought was accurate. More than 90% chose the Post piece.”
So the kids rejected the China Journal of Science claiming that COVID came from bats eaten in a Chinese wet market. Damn kids are smarter than I gave them credit for
In the mid 70’s Propaganda Analysis was one of the required courses for graduation from Iowa State University.
They were trying to get us to not trust the establishment.
But it was a good course, taught me not to trust them.
Can’t the only one who thought the above was a Babylon Bee article title.
That’s a good sign.
Final exam question:
True or False - President Donald Trump recommended drinking bleach to combat Covid 19.
Slavery was invented in the USA.
True or false?!
How about thinking critically what they encounter in schools?
It would be much more educational to be able to distinguish FACT from OPINION. I taught a Logic class in High School, (a private school, of course). and students were able to learn to identify factual statements. Whether that carried over to real life, I’ll never know.
Students also need a clear definition of what constitutes a “LIE.”
If I thought this course would be completely objective, I would consider it worthwhile. But it is nearly impossible for anyone to be completely objective. Or to admit that they were wrong.
It will backfire. Journalist go to college to learn how to write fake news.
I had the same course, but don’t remember it being mandatory. I think it fell into the electives, where you had to choose so many of each type. I think it was in the Speech Department. So I took it since it counted as a Speech elective but I didn’t have to stand up in front of people and speak, which was the real reason.
But, yes, it was VERY well taught and I learned about loaded headlines, etc. and had my eyes opened as a result.
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