ThreePointTakedown

Not sure of what this article is trying to say is actually happening. It seems to try to say that if poor people are helped to get a better education that the more advantaged will suffer. Is that the only solution? Or could we just give more money to the places that have be criminally underfunded so that they can, eventually, offer the same things that more wealthy areas have taken for granted for so long? This is what the saying, 'To the privileged, equality feels like oppression' alludes to. Those that have the most and have had the system tilted in their favor(some have worked hard to tilt it) fear the tilting back of the system. For fear of losing their way of life. But those that have gotten left behind suffer, needlessly. We have enough to help. NOT, NOT equity of outcome. Just a more equal starting point. https://www.shankerinstitute.org/resource/does-money-matter-education-second-edition#:~:text=Yes.,improved or higher student outcomes. More money in schools will help students achieve more.

I would love to see more higher level classes offered. More classes in general. Not sure how we grade, don't know what you mean. Not sure of the amount of reading and writing that is required now vs the past. Entrance to college standards. Unfortunately even non-profits need money to survive(i'm not a huge fan of that system, I think they are too big and could use some trimming) . If the state, Fed isn't giving them money, they need kids, and can't hold their standards high and get the numbers. Its not great for the students or the school. I agree. I feel they need to be regulated more/better. Keep them from expanding behind what is feasible. SAT questions. Not sure what you mean there. Discipline in schools. Not sure again. We do hear of some kids being crazy. That might just be kids being kids or the need to fill air time with sensational stories to drive interest and money. Again, don't really agree with the practice. But there could be many explanations to each individual case and the 'trend' as a whole. Might be a worthwhile venture to help improve the school experience.

Is the Fordham Institute more conservative or progressive? Do you have any articles advocating for the opposite side of your point?

what standards?

The original post was to highlight articles that someone thinks that the media is outright saying they want to control your thoughts. If you read the articles included in the post they say that not having a good method of discerning the truth is bad. Regardless of the media you absorb. That we are getting worse at figuring out what is really real and what is fake. And with AI, I imagine it will become more difficult. If you disagree, please include your thoughts. I highlighted public education because, in my opinion, it mirrors the issue that we are getting worse at something and no one wants to understand why and there are real consequences for kicking the can down the road. Getting people riled up about mind control or the deep state or CRT is the next boogie man to keep people mad a common enemy. You don't have an enemy. Just people who want to do and be better.

must be nice

Are test scores the best metric to determine a student's success? Which things were more important? Did Reagan deprioritize education in the his state and then in the country? Might that have aided in the decline of education? Agreed. Should we fix it though? How do we fix it?

Must be nice.

I'm sorry my ideas challenge yours. Care to talk about it?

The rest of the post puts it into perspective. Care to engage in the rest of it?

Typical useless platitude. You seem disinterested in honest conversation. Enlighten, will you?

I don't disagree. Some institutions are working to correct that. But people with financial stakes in a logically illiterate populous push back. Why do you think that is? They create disinformation. They lie. People you support have lied and you know it. I hope you do at least, everyone does or so I've been told. It seems as if you're ok with them lying. Are you? Do you feel its ok if they lie in order to push their agenda? If so, how is it you are comfortable with that? They attack public education. Instead of funding it and seeing if it 'helps' they demonize it and say the only option is to privatize it. Great idea. Nothing has ever gone wrong giving someone a huge pot of money and power and influence on several generations of people(cough cough, catholic/any church). Is public school a great system? No. It needs improvement. Cutting its funding is not a way to help it succeed. Same with health care. Fighting for your life, rationing your insulin, or not going to a doctor for a, seemingly, innocuous issue until it turns life threatening for fear of the bill, is a form of torture that we subject our neighbors to on a daily basis. We don't need to. We have the resources. We just don't want to. My opinion is, because some who like to yell really loud, have gotten theirs and they don't want to see anyone they feel is unworthy, to succeed in a similar way. Because they feel it diminishes their success. It doesn't. Your boat isn't less tall because the tide helps others.

'There is no evidence that hackers have attempted to exploit any of the identified vulnerabilities, or that any such hack has occurred in previous elections. But Georgia was at the center of election conspiracy theories advanced by President Donald Trump and his allies, many of whom singled out Dominion Voting Machines and claimed the election had been hacked. Fox News recently agreed to shell out $787 million to Dominion for advancing claims that Dominion voting machines had been rigged in the 2020 election.'

Again, this goes back to media being a business and business, typically, likes lower taxes and less regulation. Which party best exemplifies those policies? It would be against their interest to employ a group of people that undermine those motivations. Do all people in the truth-telling industry take an ethical approach to it? No. But that is in every industry. I am not saying, 'Everyone does it so there is no reason to try to fix it," We should definitely try to make it better. How do we go about it? I don't know. But honest conversations are a good start. That means conspiracy theories need to be proven with evidence before believed as fact. Do people try to muddy the water for fun or their own financial gain? Yes. But that is the goal of the articles, I believe. Is to emphasize learning to determine the difference between honest sources and bias ones.

Lashing out is what you do when threatened. I get it. I'm sorry that asking questions and hoping that you have the honesty to answer them is a threat to you. I would be threatened too if my sense of self hinged on such weak arguments. If you were better at articulating them instead of flexing on how you're older than everyone, you might learn something. Thanks boomer!

Sick burn. But you're glue!

So you are being dishonest and trying to stop me from holding you accountable. Great. Can't say I'm surprised. There is no need to take you seriously. I'll just continue to point that out. Thank you for confirming it.

Where does that number come from? Don't big businesses lean more towards the tax and regulation policies of conservatives? Wouldn't the media that is owned by big business lean more that way, then? If they were in the business of being bias, why go against their obvious self interest? I think there is a spectrum of people in media, as all fields, that work to try to tell an honest story or to do their job honestly and ethically. Does everyone in that field have that same motivation? No. Should we malign an entire industry for the actions, whether real or perceived, of a few? Or should we work to ensure the dishonest ones find it more and more difficult to survive in that field and thus leave or find themselves with less influence/market share then they would otherwise have.

Ironic. Sourcing articles incorrectly to prove a point they are not making to further solidify a position the no one is challenging. "Critical thinking, as we're taught to do it, isn't helping in the fight against misinformation." Is the line. And you're laying out exactly why this is true by your comment. We need to be better thinkers. Not to 'just' listen and obey. But to be better at navigating the information that is thrown at us everyday. That your take away is 'MSM doesn't want you to do your own research' is the wrong conclusion and highlights the point they are trying to make. That you are bias and only looking for and at information to pick out the things that you already agree with. That we are bad at searching through information and discerning objective information from biased data. Being better at understanding where MSM gets and processes their information helps you to hold them accountable if they begin to slip and feed you BS for money. So posting stories like these helps you to challenge their foothold in the information race and threatens their financial interest. Which should make you feel better about their motivation. Will it? Something tells me, no. But you do you.

What's your suggestion? Play nice with people who think literal demons possess their political opponents? Lie about any and everything as a compulsion or stand next to those that lie and say NOTHING? Refuse voting to impeach because they are afraid for their own safety even though their own inaction at many turns leading to that point would have stopped that MORON in the first place? These people are not patriots. They are cowards, charlatans, and grifters and we'll be better off when they are out of politics. Yes. Lets be nice to these people. Be more respectful. Because its dividing this country too much. And its making it harder for an incredibly wealthy guy who runs an incredibly wealthy business to make money. Which is why he gave the interview. It gives cover to those on the right to ask/guilt their opponents into being nice. Because they are likely to get shellacked come November. If he had any, genuine, interest in the betterment of the country he and many like him would change the way they do business. But they don't. So they won't. They just want to make sure the markets, within which, they have placed their bets are less volatile.

Do you have an alert to when I respond? Do you need a hit of dopamine that much? Go ahead, yell at clouds more, I'll help you out. Keep chasing that dragon.

Well diagnoses. As a fellow noncontributor. You know exactly what its like to add nothing to the proceedings. Carry on.

Easy Jr.

Pot = black! Thanks. Don't pull a muscle patting yourself on the back.

I'm sorry. I really shouldn't have said anything. You don't really care about my opinion because I don't care about J's opinion either. It does nothing to help or aid a discussion. Especially one so beleaguered with trolls. I should've just left it alone instead of giving you and them an opportunity to pretend to be outraged.