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Clay: a moldable material that is plastic when moist but hard when fired, best sculpted in the hands of an experienced potter. Romans 9:21. Friar: member of a mendicant order, distinct from monks in that they do not shut themeleves off from the rest of the world.
Welcome to the Clay Friar. We really don't have a theme here, and you can't depend on us for uplifting and positive thoughts because well... sometimes we don't have them. We don't lie to you though. So at least it's honest.
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I am not taking the bait on this. I'm not. I'm not.
AVI, I'm quite proud of you. I think at times like these, really, a link to your blog would be a sufficient answer.
You're right, that was shameless bait. Sorry.
I'm looking for info on where pajamasmedia gets their info (what's the bias). I'm curious, and I know my Model UN kids aren't going to take it as anything more than fiction if they don't know. Someone trained them a little too well.
pajamasmedia has more contributors on the right, but they do have many prominent lefties and centrists as well. They give more space to people who don't usually get a voice in the American discussion - foreigners who aren't journalists or government officials, for example. And libertarians; and military in Iraq; and contrarians of every stripe; and oodles of ex-liberals. Your Hispanic students might be interested in their Latin American coverage.
http://markinmexico.blogspot.com/
http://www.babalublog.com/
Where the information comes from in each case you have to get from context. Sometimes they get it from a traditional news source, but comment on it. Sometimes they are eyewitnesses. Sometimes they are researchers. The strength is from the links, and links within links, because you can follow it back as far as you want.
It's not like the NYTimes or ABC, where there is some sense of institutional "approval" of the news as written. Pajamasmedia would have many more writers disagreeing with each other, and being open about their slant. You will note that a few stories every day have an update and link that says "Varifrank disagrees" or some such.
It's good that they question where it's from. My guess is that they question it because it reports different news, and from a different perspective, than the news sources they are used to. I would love to know why they don't ask where CNN and the AP get their news. Where does their implicit trust of certain sources come from?
They haven't questioned pajama's yet, I just know they will.
They don't implicitly trust the AP or CCN, and they are constantly asking me to find news in foreign papers, a process I'm happy to oblige. Still you can hear their parents... or their imam, I'm never sure which.
I have fourteen in Model UN (up from 2 last September). They represent: Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal, Somalia, Liberia, Nicaragua, Columbia, India, Malaysia...
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