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Post by papaof2 on Sept 17, 2019 11:37:10 GMT -6
A Harley Biker is sitting on his Harley, drinking a beer, by the Zoo in Washington, DC when he sees a little girl leaning into the lion's cage.
Suddenly, the lion grabs her by the collar of her jacket and tries to pull her inside to slaughter her, under the eyes of her screaming parents. The biker jumps off his Harley, runs to the cage and hits the lion square on the nose with a powerful punch. Whimpering from the pain the lion jumps back letting go of the girl, and the biker brings the girl to her terrified parents, who thank him endlessly. A reporter has watched the whole event.
The reporter addressing the Harley rider says, “Sir, this was the most gallant and bravest thing I've seen a man do in my whole life.”
The Harley rider replies, “Why, it was nothing, really. The lion was behind bars. I just saw this little kid in danger, and acted as I felt right.”
The reporter says, “Well, I'll make sure this won't go unnoticed. I'm a journalist, you know, and tomorrow's paper will have this story on the front page. So, what do you do for a living, and what political affiliation do you have?”
The biker replies "I'm a U.S. Marine, a Republican and I’m voting for Trump."
The journalist leaves.
The following morning the biker buys the paper to see if it indeed brings news of his actions, and reads, on the front page:
“U.S. MARINE ASSAULTS AFRICAN IMMIGRANT & STEALS HIS LUNCH”
And THAT pretty much sums up the media's approach to the news these days!
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Post by gipsy on Sept 17, 2019 13:06:15 GMT -6
lol but so true
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Post by papaof2 on Sept 17, 2019 14:18:47 GMT -6
In the days of the Cold War, Pravda would report Olympic scores in a two country event as "USSR 2nd, United States next to last" and we called it "propaganda". Those "reporters" and "editors" now work for the NYT and CNN and it's still socialist/communist propaganda...
I did a very short unit on "propaganda" for a group of gifted 5th graders. It's very simple but might be better aimed at a middle school audience.
Buy bags of Hershey's Hugs and Hershey's Kisses. Choose a boy and a girl to help. He passes out candy to all the girls and she passes out candy all the boys. Have them distribute the Hugs. Ask if they want the other candy. Have the two kids distribute the Kisses.
Define that in two ways.
Mr. Smith brought in two kinds of candy. Joe handed it out the first kind to the girls and Mary handed it out to the boys. They liked it well enough to ask for the second kind. Joe handed it out the first kind to the girls and Mary handed it out to the boys.
Or:
Joe Hugged all the girls and Mary Hugged all the boys. They liked it well enough that they asked for more, so Joe Kissed all the girls and Mary Kissed all the boys.
It's all in how you phrase things ;-)
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