by ALN | Jan 8, 2018 | Media Literacy, Role of Government, Straw man Argument, Transparency, Trump
If your friends are telling you he is an idiot, why is he performing well, where it counts? I think there are too many who rush to judge the President on style, or personality, when they should be judging him on performance. Is it just that many are too caught up in...
by ALN | Jul 15, 2017 | Cognitive Science, Confirmation Bias, Decision Making, Information Analysis, Media Literacy, Motivated Reasoning, Parenting, Religion, Straw man Argument, Structure of Information
The facts reported in this new study are absolutely the most important facts that have come across my desk in awhile. The facts I’m talking about come from a new study by the Pew Research: Sharp Partisan Divisions in Views of National Institutions. Republicans...
by ALN | Jul 7, 2017 | Media Literacy, Straw man Argument
This goes into the Media Literacy Learning Track. Notice the Headline of the original story that got Fox News talking was, “Obamas under fire from the left for never ending, sizzling ultra-luxury vacations.” Well this is news to me. I stay pretty up-to-date...
by ALN | Jan 24, 2016 | Bad Actors, Communication, Economic Myths, Straw man Argument, Uncategorized
I happened across Cato Institute’s 20 Economic Myths. So, let me start with # 4 – It demonstrates both a Myth and -Straw-man at the same time. The Cato says the following sentence is a Myth. “Markets Depend on Perfect Information, Requiring...
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