fustakrakich's Journal: There's a new meme in town

"Media Literacy". Sounds almost as disturbing as *Fake News* itself.

Basically it tells K-12 to *check their sources*. It's a good idea to teach critical thinking to little kids. That's where it should begin. But if the class doesn't start with the success of advertisement/public relations in general, and the work of Edward Bernays in particular, and, that the kids and their parents are the ones responsible for its success (you know, *the real elephant in the room*), then I doubt it will amount to much more than any other acid reflux reaction to the president, and Russia. I don't know if the professors will tell them to hold the government or politicians (or the bishop) to the same standards, and that when people are paid to lie, not that it's a requirement or anything, they will, no matter who they work for.

So kids, even if Jesus comes down off the cross, always check with the man first before you believe anything.