And some thing you do for Karl Rove and the Republicans.

- Lost
- Desperate Housewives
- Grey’s Anatomy

Let’s tell them that we are neither going to watch those shows nor buy their products until ABC stops lying about 9/11.

Let’s get those sponsors to join us in putting pressure on ABC.

meta @
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neurophius @ 41

As I understand it, the teaching materials are designed for students in grades 7-12. I think most of these students are old enough that teachers should be able to use this incident to teach them a valuable lesson about media manipulation and propaganda, by contrasting what ABC wants them to believe with the truth. So, teachers, use those materials–but use them wisely.

I respectfully disagree, neo. I’m not so sure a 12 year old can make such distinctions. And why highlight such a fiasco when it may have the intended effect for those students who can’t understand such a grossly overstated political manipulation? There’s about 34% of adults out there that wouldn’t be able to see through it all.

Meta’s right, that is just the age when kids are likely to get passionate without being critical. No coincidence that ‘adult’ Baptism and Confirmation are done at ages 12 to 14! Also, there are lots of things that will just slip into the unconscious. I remember how shocked I was when I saw a real photo of a bunch of cowboys ca 1870 from, I think, the Smithsonian. There were black guys, there were Native Americans and some wore (gasp) bowler hats!

Scholastic should be ashamed! I looked at these sheets in detail, and all I can say is SHEESH!
Iran, Iraq, Syria involved in the terror–NOT Saudi Arabia. Conflation of movie with 9/11 commission report. No mention of problems with the NSA, NSC or oval office before the attacks.. Bush alone created DHS. It goes on and on. I agree with the above poster that the aim is to probably reach `security moms’. Assholes! Blast scholastic!

Write to their pocketbook man, investor_relations@scholastic.com.

For some analysis of the Scholastic sheets, go to my post at Kos

neurophius @ 41

meta @ 32

Added to this atrocity, they are shoveling this out to school children across America. This is really criminal and unprecendented. It smacks of obviious brainwashing and Scholastic and teachers across America should be held accountable for one of the year’s biggest shams. Perhaps Disney and Phillip Morris ought to join forces.

As I understand it, the teaching materials are designed for students in grades 7-12. I think most of these students are old enough that teachers should be able to use this incident to teach them a valuable lesson about media manipulation and propaganda, by contrasting what ABC wants them to believe with the truth. So, teachers, use those materials–but use them wisely.

I respectfully disagree, neo. I’m not so sure a 12 year old can make such distinctions. And why highlight such a fiasco when it may have the intended effect for those students who can’t understand such a grossly overstated political manipulation? There’s about 34% of adults out there that wouldn’t be able to see through it all.

I think that the info said that the Scholastic materials are being sent to teachers of high school – not 7-12 – not that that makes anything any better. It is going to be hard to push back to the 100,000 teachers the materials are going to – likely most of them won’t hear or get our outrage and the reasons for it.

Cheers