Quoting ARLO J BENSINGER JR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> [Case]
> The reason this works is that a newspaper can usually assume that its readers
> have a common background and context for what they are reading. You on the
> other go read a newspaper from a foreign country and assume you have the
> proper
> background to understand the context and skim it. Then complain because the
> stupid foreigners don't write so you can understand.
>
> This is why they call us Ugly Americans.
>
> [Arlo]
> Agree. But I gather its deeper rooted than this. Platt's message was that he
> can't be bothered to read past the headline, and doing so constitutes
> "preparing a thesis". We have become accustomed to "sound-bite" information,
> where lengthy exposition and explanation is seen as useless, unimportant and
> irrelevant. That so many get their "news" from talk radio only examplifies
> this.
>
> This is also evidence of the lack of critical thinking skills. Not only
> because,
> as you mention, one should be aware when reading "foreign" articles that one
> may need to work a bit to gather contextual facts that may be absent, but also
> that we wear selective goggles that might rush us into an "opinion" about
> something that is wrong.
No, it's not a question of "being bothered." It's a question of truth and
accuracy in journalism. I was let to believe by Jos Laycock that the Independent
held a high reputation in Britain for professional journalism. So when I read
in the head and first paragraph that the NHS was responsible for the problem,
I quite rightly took it to be true. Now I am being told it wasn't true, and it
was my fault to believe that it was. Now I don't know where you get your ideas
for "critical thinking skills," but it seems that truth is not high on the list.
I've grown accustomed to these personal attacks from the holier than thou crowd
who inhabit academia. But I rest easy, especially in the knowledge of
the outrageous shameful behavior of some 80 odd academics in the Duke rape case.
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