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Growing up the muppets came on at the same time as evening news. The muppets always lost. After the news, my parents would answer our questions and then start d
by slacka 13y ago
Growing up the muppets came on at the same time as evening news. The muppets always lost. After the news, my parents would answer our questions and then start debating some some relevant topic. As I got older, I'd participate more in this process. As a result, I have an intellectual curiosity for world news and strong critical thinking skills. Something kids today could use more of not less.
Also, by choosing to get his news from Twitter over let's say NPR, this idiot is choosing to be misinformed. Of all the hoax or inaccurate stories that I've come across this year, Twitter take the crown followed by news aggregators and email. The only false NPR story I can think of was the TAL retraction of the story on work conditions in Apple factories. According to my twitter last week "NASA disproved global warming"
- icebraining 13y agoI have an intellectual curiosity for world news and strong critical thinking skills. And apparently, a penchant for throwing around insults. choosing to get his news from Twitter over let's say NPR https://twitter.com/nprnews https://twitter.com/nprnews Of all the hoax or inaccurate stories that I've come across this year, Twitter take the crown followed by news aggregators and email. Twitter is just an aggregation technology. If you get inaccurate stories, it's due to your own choices of sources.
- slacka 13y agoCute, except the article stated he was getting them from "people" NOT news outlets. Sorry if my insults offended you, but this article was link bait trash designed to make the misinformed, filter-bubbled, over-protective moms feel better about themselves. I call it how I see it.
- icebraining 13y agoCute, except the article stated he was getting them from "people" NOT news outlets. "People" (usually) don't create news, they filter them from other sources, such as news outlets. Some republish crap, others distort those news when tweeting them, others mostly just filter the irrelevant and republish the useful. Getting crap is a consequence of your own choices, not of the underlying technology. Sorry if my insults offended you, but this article was link bait trash designed to make the misinformed, filter-bubbled, over-protective moms feel better about themselves. I call it how I see it. http://xkcd.com/386/ http://xkcd.com/386/