Why I hate the mass media (today)
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therightfangirlAll that stuff about "Sarah Palin writes at an eighth-grade level"? Does not mean she writes like an eighth-grader; it means she writes in a way that an eighth-grader can easily understand. After seeing a bit of commentary, I wiki'ed the evaluation they used. It pretty much speaks for itself; writing at an eighth-grade level by these standards is competent-to-good and does not mean that you have the brain of a thirteen-year-old. But that's all we're gonna hear...
And this is why the TV in my house never changes channels from Nick Jr. for my daughter. Palin-frenzy in the news reminds me of nothing so much as a bunch of schoolkids coming up with new and exciting ways to smear the class scapegoat, and it disgusts me beyond belief.
And this is why the TV in my house never changes channels from Nick Jr. for my daughter. Palin-frenzy in the news reminds me of nothing so much as a bunch of schoolkids coming up with new and exciting ways to smear the class scapegoat, and it disgusts me beyond belief.
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Date: 2011-06-22 03:23 am (UTC)That sound you hear is the rolling of my eyeballs. The MSM really are pathetic at this point.