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Politics : Stop the War! -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Doug R who wrote (1154)	3/22/2003 12:01:28 PM
From: Karen Lawrence	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21614

Sixth grade?!!! Instructions for using child safety seats have had to be rewritten to fifth grade levels, because 70 percent of Americans were unable to properly install child seats using the instructions provided. Those instructions had been written at 9th to 11th grade levels.

To: Doug R who wrote (1154)	3/22/2003 1:06:49 PM
From: Augustus Gloop	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 21614

I know, as do most if not all the posters on this board, that Saddam was not behind 9/11. SO I guess the point here is that its no more acceptable to "name call" or generalize supporters of this action than it is for supporters to use the same tactics against those who do not support it. It's pretty well known that the education level to which the mainstream media panders is that of the 6th grade The interesting thing about that stat is that its generally accepted that media bias is liberal. Even Walter Cronkite agrees with that view and said so himself the other day. So, if the media is pandering to the uneducated and there is a liberal bias in the media what does that say? I'll let you draw your own conclusion.

To: Doug R who wrote (1154)	3/22/2003 1:24:41 PM
From: Machaon	Respond to of 21614

<< It's pretty well known that the education level to which the mainstream media panders is that of the 6th grade. >> So you have a few more grades to go to be able to understand the mainstream media. << In the current environment the mainstream media is more centrally controlled than ever before so the narrow quality of information being proferred to the masses is also more widespread. >> Even if you attended another 10 years of journalism school, you wouldn't be able to produce even 10 minutes of quality news broadcast. It's always the incompetent, like you, who criticize those that are doing a good job.