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thenewgreen  ·  4606 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Schools aren't "failing", the media is
    Also because argument by anecdote is standard journalistic analysis it's always easy to find a teacher, school or school system that is doing really well or very poorly to sell toothpaste and cars with.
-Well put cgod, if you want to make your case for or against any given issue or topic, there's always someone or something that can make it for you. It's unfortunate that the media takes this approach and it's important that as consumers we recognize it.

Nothing makes this more obvious than seeing a news report on a topic that you are well versed in but others aren't. When this happens, it's important to realize that it happens to the topics you're not well versed in too.