We discussed four different types of information in class today: facts, objective, subjective, and opinion. Would room need to be made for another type: ideas? Where would something like German idealism or existentialism fit within those? Ideas as such seem to blur the lines between all four types. What do you think?
Also, we explored both CNN, FoxNews and the LATimes online and I noticed that on the front page of all the sites, the word "Burma" was not mentioned ONCE; and the word "Myanmar" only appears three times: twice on FoxNews, once on the LATimes. Do you find anything wrong with the fact that a government that is murdering its own citizens is hardly even mentioned on a front page where an Olympic athlete is the headline? I'm sure Chomsky's having a field day...
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