Fri August 08, 2014 9:07 am
Fri August 08, 2014 1:44 pm
Fri August 08, 2014 2:05 pm
Alex wrote:THE GOVERNMENT
Fri August 08, 2014 2:12 pm
Fri August 08, 2014 2:39 pm
Alex wrote:lol
Fri August 08, 2014 3:03 pm
BurtReynolds wrote:http://nypost.com/2014/08/05/why-ebolas-nothing-to-worry-about/
Michael Fumento is a lawyer and journalist who specializes in mass hysteria.
Fri August 08, 2014 3:18 pm
McParadigm wrote:BurtReynolds wrote:http://nypost.com/2014/08/05/why-ebolas-nothing-to-worry-about/Michael Fumento is a lawyer and journalist who specializes in mass hysteria.
Amusing. But this is one of the things that amazes me about the last 25 years of news production.
As the world's professions become increasingly niched and nuanced, news becomes more and more valuable as a service that could be used to connect the general public to key insights and ideas owned by the professionals most knowledgable about any topic or situation.
Instead, we have increasingly reached a point where there are two conversations going on at any time...the delicate discussion being had by experts and the experienced, which is rarely more than a blip on the larger public's radar...and the highly opined debates by people who must have it all figured out, because they are opinion journalists. Most of the top selling books on the subject of education reform are by journalists or "think tank" representatives, neither with any background in cognitive psychology, curriculum, or pedagogy. The most trending articles about any given news event tend to be opinion articles by people whose opinion should literally mean nothing at all.
To be honest, I'm honestly not even really clear as to why people read that stuff.
On the latest episode of the Inquiring Minds podcast, Kent State University epidemiologist and Ebola expert Tara Smith explained why the current Ebola freakout is overblown, at least as it relates to the possibility of an outbreak in the US. "When I think about diseases that are deadly, that are highly contagious, Ebola is way down the list, and influenza and measles are much, much higher," Smith explained.
Fri August 08, 2014 3:35 pm
Fri August 08, 2014 4:38 pm
wrote:I wasn't actually disagreeing with the sentiment. Just noting a larger picture that the article fits into.
Fri August 08, 2014 6:20 pm
Mon August 18, 2014 8:15 am
Mon August 18, 2014 8:17 am
Mon August 18, 2014 4:04 pm
BurtReynolds wrote:Never mind. im back in. everything's cool now.
http://claytontraylor.com/millionaire-p ... rra-leone/
Millionaire Prophet TB Joshua Sent 4,000 Bottles of Powerful Holy Water and Money to Cure Ebola in Sierra Leone
Mon August 18, 2014 4:20 pm
Chloe wrote:BurtReynolds wrote:Never mind. im back in. everything's cool now.
http://claytontraylor.com/millionaire-p ... rra-leone/
Millionaire Prophet TB Joshua Sent 4,000 Bottles of Powerful Holy Water and Money to Cure Ebola in Sierra Leone
Dude is from Nigeria and has that kind of money? I'm obviously in the wrong profession...
Wed September 10, 2014 11:27 pm
Tue September 23, 2014 2:53 pm
Washington Post commenter wrote:Good grief. Had they only let Africa remain colonized, this whole thing would be under control.
Wed October 01, 2014 6:41 pm
Wed October 01, 2014 6:54 pm
Wed October 01, 2014 7:41 pm
cutuphalfdead wrote:No we shouldn't.
Wed October 01, 2014 7:44 pm