Media outlets are becoming more consolidated, sure, but they are also competing with the average Joe for our attention. And with the always-on nature of citizen journalism, the outlets have to constantly come up with sensationalist content.

But the applications like Miro are starting to democratize the distribution of media, and I really think that the pattern is slowly changing.

You have recently jumped to the top of my to-read list.

Even C-Span is scary, although reporters are finally starting to question inconsistency of information in the new White House press room.

I’ve recently noticed some good content for teaching media literacy and critical thinking (http://del.icio.us/sheywood/media.literacy)

Thanks for posting this.

One thing to note further, there will be people who might try to debunk this expecting that you mean to say you plan to correct things and tell the truth by telling them what to think. It’s a vicious cycle that too many are stuck in where that very idea might come up in many.

Quite the contrary, what you are indeed doing is just calling attention to trying to learn something new from somewhere else and many streams of information at once. Let yourself learn. The first mistake made is thinking you know enough to know everything. Always be open to disprove your initial impression on things. Even if you have made a decision, allow it to fail.

Pride really does hurt us by the fact that it closes so many off. It incites emotional attachments, irrational traditions of thought and no chance for innovation or further progress. Pride is exploited by the pole-itical parties and the Main Stream Media, just as much as the subserviant majority who have been told to believe nearly everything they hear. So it’s two extremes that we must find an inner balance of. Don’t be too closed off by being obsessed with what you think you know, but also at the same time and on the other side of the coin, learn and compare information with what you have previously learned (the grain of salt expression kind of comes to mind), make a decision and continue to learn more.

That really is the way of things. It is how we are where we are today as a human species. But we are also the way we are today because of the select few exploiting the more animalistic side of us. Be warry of that. Be mindful. Remember the wisest person knows they know nothing.