Tuesday, September 22, 2009

'Tea Party' protests

There isn't time to show this in class, but it might be of interest to you to watch this video of the 12 September ‘Tea Party’ protest in Washington: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUPMjC9mq5Y -- in the context of how we as citizens get our news, what we're willing to believe, and how it meshes with the beliefs that we already hold.  We might be more willing to believe Fox News about Obama's 'death panels', for instance, if we already don't like him or his policies...

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