• blewit@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    The title of the article Experts sound alarm over concerning ‘propaganda’ found in public school curriculum: ‘It’s evil more than it is stupid’ is suggesting the quoted are the experts. They are not, they were an unnamed Reddit.

    What McCarthy stated may be true, but it doesn’t share what was being taught to kids so that you and I could assess if, in fact, she is right. She should have been referring to some other material created by the same author, though not taught. What was actually included in the curriculum was not shared in this article. No opportunity for you and I to have our own actual opinion on the topic. That’s not news, that’s propaganda.

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      The article does explain what is being taught to students.

      The Florida Department of Education has approved screening videos that deny the Earth’s changing climate to schoolchildren in the state, according to the Guardian.

      The videos approved to be shown to children from kindergarten to fifth grade feature characters who question several sustainable actions, such as moving away from dirty energy sources, switching to renewable energy, and reducing reliance on plastics.

      Now, videos featuring climate-denial talking points could be shown to children as young as five years old.

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      If you want to complain about the toxicity of sensational headlines, I don’t think many people would disagree. But it’s two posts in a row you’ve claimed untrue things about the article without having clearly read and digested it. Maybe you should consider why you’re so quick to assume it’s “propaganda” and rush to prove yourself correct.