I am just SO glad we don't watch tv. This Daily Show segment is hilarious, but also sad - showing clips of the kinds of absurd, sensationalistic information being pumped into people's living rooms. Combined with the poor state of our schools, which might provide some antidote (i.e. critical thinking), I just don't think this bodes well for our citizens.
11:01 PM, August 08, 2006
...I must say there are some people even more crazy the "This is WWIII!" crowd: the "This is The Rapture!" crowd. Unfortunately, the mainstream media seems to take them just as seriously. The Daily Show skewers them nicely in this segment (HT: An Unsealed Room via Mad Latinist).
posted by Zachary Drake at 10:20 PM on Aug 8, 2006
"Speaking of ridiculous reactions to the Middle East..."
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I am just SO glad we don't watch tv. This Daily Show segment is hilarious, but also sad - showing clips of the kinds of absurd, sensationalistic information being pumped into people's living rooms. Combined with the poor state of our schools, which might provide some antidote (i.e. critical thinking), I just don't think this bodes well for our citizens.
11:01 PM, August 08, 2006