sailingaway
02-16-2011, 06:03 PM
http://blogs.babble.com/strollerderby/2011/02/16/fox-news-caught-your-media-savvy-kids-should-see-this-video/
I’m not a conservative, nor a fan of Ron Paul. And I spend little to no time watching Fox News. However, I’ll definitely be showing my 9-year-old the Fox News video announcing Ron Paul as this year’s Conservative Political Action Conference straw poll winner.
Why? Because it’s just a glaringly good example of how easy it is to manipulate media consumers — a kind of “don’t believe everything you see” lesson....
I think that is an excellent point. We should definitely keep the video handy.
Take away questions from the article:
Follow-up questions for the kids: why do you think they played the old video with the boos? Who do you think Fox News likes better: Mitt Romney or Ron Paul? How do you think undecided conservatives feel when the hear people booing the popular winner? And finally, scale of 1 to 10, how trustworthy do you think this media outlet is?
I’m not a conservative, nor a fan of Ron Paul. And I spend little to no time watching Fox News. However, I’ll definitely be showing my 9-year-old the Fox News video announcing Ron Paul as this year’s Conservative Political Action Conference straw poll winner.
Why? Because it’s just a glaringly good example of how easy it is to manipulate media consumers — a kind of “don’t believe everything you see” lesson....
I think that is an excellent point. We should definitely keep the video handy.
Take away questions from the article:
Follow-up questions for the kids: why do you think they played the old video with the boos? Who do you think Fox News likes better: Mitt Romney or Ron Paul? How do you think undecided conservatives feel when the hear people booing the popular winner? And finally, scale of 1 to 10, how trustworthy do you think this media outlet is?