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Charley in Cleveland's avatar

Yes, Fox News is a problem, but so are NBC, CBS and ABC when they give a platform to GOP clowns and liars like Rand Paul, Ron Johnson and Steve Scalise, and the hosts sit there and let them spew their crap about the last election. The hosts shouldn't have to ask these guys if they believe Joe Biden was legitimately elected, that's a question the producer should ask before the booking is completed. If the answer is no, the invitation should be withdrawn. And it would be nice if the carriers had an obligation to ask subscribers what they want to watch. I would dump Fox, Newsmax, OANN and all 50 home shopping channels DIRECTV sticks me with.

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Theodora30's avatar

Tucker will need a new sponsor now that the My Pillow Guy is getting sued by Dominion and Smartmatic. The wind power companies should also sue the Tucker Carlson for falsely claiming wind power doesn’t work in the cold. That belief is a huge threat to that industry.

This is off topic but definitely a media issue. Chris Hayes recently posted a link to this article reporting on the results of two surveys about how satisfied parents really are withe the choices they have for their kids’ education during the pandemic:

“ Polls show most — though not all — parents are getting the type of instruction they want for their kids”

https://www.chalkbeat.org/2021/2/18/22289735/parents-polls-schools-opening-remote

Silly me, I expected those studies to have gotten more attention in the media. Contrary to what the media has been telling us about how dissatisfied parents are with remote learning, most of the parents surveyed say their kids are getting the form of education they want for them. 89% of parents whose kids are full remote are satisfied with that choice. A USC survey found that only 15% of parents they surveyed want more in person education. The experience in my city bears that out. Our schools went back to full remote since before Christmas. Schools recently went back to offering part time in person classes. 26.,000 families chose that option while a whopping 60,000 chose to stay full remote which surprised me. And majority of parents here who have chosen to keep their kids remote are African Americans worried about the increased risk to them of Covid.

The article points out that the parents demanding schools reopen “may have outsized sway with politicians.” The article should have also said that it is not just politicians who are only listening to the parents demanding in-school education, it’s the mainstream media that is once again listening to complainers and ignoring those who are satisfied with what their schools are doing.

The right is using this issue to bash a favorite target — teachers’ unions. Unfortunately the media is aiding them — again. The media seems to have no clue that there are states like mine that have the same education problems as unionized states and often those problems are worse in non-union states. That is strong evidence that the problem with our education system isn’t unions.

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