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  • Journalist: Public Schools Are Designed to Create ‘Standardized’ Children

    Journalist: Public Schools Are Designed to Create ‘Standardized’ Children2

    It has become quite clear that Americans struggle with knowing how to think for themselves in recent years. This is especially evident in the political opinions they espouse (or don’t). But while many Americans – particularly young ones – don’t recognize this problem in themselves, many others see it clear as day. Employers see it

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  • Journalist Explains Why Media Fails on Gun Control

    Journalist Explains Why Media Fails on Gun Control0

    Slate senior editor Rachael Larimore last week offered one of the smarter takes I’ve seen on why the media can never get the “healthy conversation” it wants on gun control: Gun-control advocates and their allies in the media will attack the gun-rights crowd as cold-hearted, stubborn, and out of touch. They will complain that no

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  • Journalist Cites Bogus Climate Stat in Speech on ‘Fake News’

    Journalist Cites Bogus Climate Stat in Speech on ‘Fake News’0

    At a recent awards ceremony, CNN’s Christiane Amanpour denounced what she described as a “tsunami of fake news, aka lies” that occurred during the 2016 U.S. presidential election cycle.   Amanpour, a British-Iranian journalist and former host of ABC’s This Week, made the remarks during a speech she gave after receiving the Burton Benjamin Memorial

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  • Journalism’s Uncomfortable Marriage to Non-Monogamy

    Journalism’s Uncomfortable Marriage to Non-Monogamy0

    If the pace of change over the last few decades to reinvent marriage hasn’t left you gasping for air, take a deep breath now. Here comes the next leg in the race to deinstitutionalize the meaning of marriage: consensual non-monogamy (CNM), where two individuals ostensibly consent to open their relationship to other sexual and emotional

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  • Journalism Prof: CNN’s Bumbling Coverage a ‘Gift from Heaven’ to Trump

    Journalism Prof: CNN’s Bumbling Coverage a ‘Gift from Heaven’ to Trump0

    For the slice of America that still values the craft of journalism and sees a greater need for it than ever, the Trump vs. Media wars have been depressing.   In one sense, the conflict has confirmed the worst fears of those who argued that members of the fifth estate have become mere shills, regurgitators

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  • Journalism is Full of Alarmist Clickbait

    Journalism is Full of Alarmist Clickbait0

    Much of journalism is now alarmist clickbait or fearmongering. To attract viewers and readers, reporters make it seem like Nazis and white supremacists are everywhere. Daniel Greenfield provides an example taken from a much larger essay by a liberal mother whose 13-year-old son had temporarily drifted into the alt-right after being targeted by sexist administrators

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