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I'm surprised to see such negative reactions to this effort. Information and media literacy is sorely lacking in the present day USA and we could be doing much

I'm surprised to see such negative reactions to this effort. Information and media literacy is sorely lacking in the present day USA and we could be doing much more to educate future generations on topics like this to help them make sense of an increasingly complex world of information.

temp8964 5y ago
I think the idea is great, but I just don't trust the people who will be implementing the idea. They could simply use it to create more bias.
- minikites 5y ago
  How much bias is already being created by the status quo curriculum? Are you positive this change would make the situation worse?
- zapataband1 5y ago
  You mean you don't trust teachers? Then take your kids out of schools
  - temp8964 5y ago
    Do you support that parents should be able to take the education funding of their kids to whatever accredited schools (or home school) they choose?
chapium 5y ago
The reactions explain a lot about why critical thinking/analysis is rarely taught in US secondary schools.
- abnry 5y ago
  No, it reveals that trust in establishment institutions are at record lows. When noteworthy institutions (Twitter, Facebook, Google) are claiming "promotion of truth" as the reason for what many believe is in reality pushing a biased agenda, it is not unreasonable at all to be highly skeptical of any institutional effort to promote "critical thinking". The Democratic Republic of North Korea is in fact democracy. It says so in their name. The Ministry of Truth is also, in fact, a truthful organization. It is also clear in their name. Okay. None of this is proof of anyone's opinion. But if you can accept that this is how many earnestly see the world, you don't have to psychoanalyze the comments here and come to a derogatory view of those writing them.
  - minikites 5y ago
    >trust in establishment institutions are at record lows Yes, because one political party in particular has spent 40+ years working very hard to destroy trust in public institutions (you only mentioned private companies, but it's true in general for both). A media literate populace threatens that work. Their motivation for destroying trust isn't to replace it, but to make people think there is no truth, there is no way to determine right from wrong. There absolutely are ways to do these things, it just threatens their views and their power. >But if you can accept that this is how many earnestly see the world, you don't have to psychoanalyze the comments here and come to a derogatory view of those writing them. This is why I want media and information literacy to be more widespread, so the general public can understand what is happening and how things have changed since the days of Walter Kronkite. It's why I want education in all subjects to be more widespread and why people arguing against this do not.
throwawayswede 5y ago
The negativity is not about the effort, it's about who's doing it and what sort of bias they have.

temp8964 5y ago

I think the idea is great, but I just don't trust the people who will be implementing the idea. They could simply use it to create more bias.

minikites 5y ago
How much bias is already being created by the status quo curriculum? Are you positive this change would make the situation worse?
zapataband1 5y ago
You mean you don't trust teachers? Then take your kids out of schools
- temp8964 5y ago
  Do you support that parents should be able to take the education funding of their kids to whatever accredited schools (or home school) they choose?

chapium 5y ago

The reactions explain a lot about why critical thinking/analysis is rarely taught in US secondary schools.

abnry 5y ago
No, it reveals that trust in establishment institutions are at record lows. When noteworthy institutions (Twitter, Facebook, Google) are claiming "promotion of truth" as the reason for what many believe is in reality pushing a biased agenda, it is not unreasonable at all to be highly skeptical of any institutional effort to promote "critical thinking". The Democratic Republic of North Korea is in fact democracy. It says so in their name. The Ministry of Truth is also, in fact, a truthful organization. It is also clear in their name. Okay. None of this is proof of anyone's opinion. But if you can accept that this is how many earnestly see the world, you don't have to psychoanalyze the comments here and come to a derogatory view of those writing them.
- minikites 5y ago
  >trust in establishment institutions are at record lows Yes, because one political party in particular has spent 40+ years working very hard to destroy trust in public institutions (you only mentioned private companies, but it's true in general for both). A media literate populace threatens that work. Their motivation for destroying trust isn't to replace it, but to make people think there is no truth, there is no way to determine right from wrong. There absolutely are ways to do these things, it just threatens their views and their power. >But if you can accept that this is how many earnestly see the world, you don't have to psychoanalyze the comments here and come to a derogatory view of those writing them. This is why I want media and information literacy to be more widespread, so the general public can understand what is happening and how things have changed since the days of Walter Kronkite. It's why I want education in all subjects to be more widespread and why people arguing against this do not.

throwawayswede 5y ago

The negativity is not about the effort, it's about who's doing it and what sort of bias they have.