'Every bit as dead as bin Laden, it sometimes seems, is many American citizens’ basic knowledge of news.' http://wpo.st/rn_x1
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So a fake story trending tells us ABSOLUTELY NOTHING about news literacy, just that a few hundred people got curious and clicked.
Anyway, that story says that HS seniors didn't know bin Laden was dead. Which IS terrible, but that's an indictment on education, not news.
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Anyway people may be uninformed, but they're not stupid. Something dumb trending on FB tells us zip about humanity til we know the algorithm
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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and their parents. I mean, do THEY know?
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i'd be willing to be yes, most of them do.
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