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Monday, June 06, 2016

The Science of Fox News: Why Its Viewers Are the Most Misinformed

The Science of Fox News: Why Its Viewers Are the Most Misinformed | Alternet





In June of 2011, Jon Stewart went on air with Fox News’ Chris Wallace and started a major media controversy over the channel’s misinforming of its viewers. “Who are the most consistently misinformed media viewers?” Stewart asked Wallace. “The most consistently misinformed? Fox, Fox viewers, consistently, every poll.”



Stewart’s statement was factually accurate, as we’ll see. The next day, however, the fact-checking site PolitiFact weighed in and rated it “false.”In claiming to check Stewart’s “facts,” PolitiFact ironically committed a serious error—and later, doubly ironically, failed to correct it. How’s that for the power of fact checking?



There probably is a small group of media consumers out there somewhere in the world who are more misinformed, overall, than Fox News viewers. But if you only consider mainstream U.S. television news outlets with major audiences (e.g., numbering in the millions), it really is true that Fox viewers are the most misled based on all the available evidence—especially in areas of political controversy. This will come as little surprise to liberals, perhaps, but the evidence for it—evidence in Stewart’s favor—is pretty overwhelming.

Sunday, December 20, 2015

Life We Spend at Work

DailyGood: The Life We Spend at Work

This tendency to look for ways to improve the lives of others, to want to help others, and enjoy that without expecting anything in return — which I think is at the heart of being a giver — is actually something that does not have to compromise your professional success. Just as you wouldn’t worry that you’re going to be a bad parent if you’re generous. Or you’re going to be a terrible community member if you care about the people who live near you. You can also be an extraordinarily successful professional if you demonstrate concern for the people that you work with.



I had this incredible coach, Eric Best, who said, “Yeah, that’s the bad news. But the good news is diving is a nerd sport, and it attracts all the people who are too slow for track, and too short for basketball, and too weak for football. So if you put in a lot of energy, you could become pretty good at this.”
And that really lit a fire under me, but what was remarkable about Eric was we only had diving season from November through March. And he took countless hours out of his spring, summer, and early fall to coach me, just volunteering. And he said, “As a coach, I will put in whatever you put in.”
And he didn’t get any compensation for it. He really loved diving and he really took joy in helping his divers grow, personally as well as athletically. And, you know, that was really a life-changing experience for me. I ended up getting good enough that I qualified for the Junior Olympic Nationals twice, and...  generosity is a core value in life — the data are actually pretty strong that it may be the core value in life, but we don’t even have to go that far. We can just say it’s one of the most important values that people hold dear

Wednesday, December 16, 2015

THE TRUTH about "Free Trade" Laws = LIES

And Just Like That, "Free Trade" Pact Trounces US Law

Claims that trade pacts like the pending Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) will not trump public health and environmental policies were revealed to be fiction on Tuesday after Congress, bending to the will of the World Trade Organization, killed the popular country-of-origin label (COOL) law.
The provision, tucked inside the omnibus budget agreement, repeals a law that required labels for certain packaged meats, which food safety and consumer groups have said is essential for consumer choice and animal welfare, as well as environmental and public health.
Congress successful revoked the mandate just over one week after the WTO ruled that the U.S. could be forced to pay $1 billion annually to its NAFTA partners, which argued that the law "accorded unfavorable treatment to Canadian and Mexican livestock."
Lori Wallach, director of Public Citizen’s Global Trade Watch division, said that consumers relied on the standard to "make informed choices about their food," and that Congress' elimination of the rule "makes clear that trade agreements can—and do—threaten even the most favored U.S. consumer protections."
The move flies in the face of statements made by President Barack Obama, who—arguing in favor of the 12-nation TPP, pledged that "no trade agreement is going to force us to change our laws."
Indeed, Wallach argues that repealing the COOL law might prove to be a "real problem for administration efforts to pass the [TPP}–which faces opposition from an unprecedentedly diverse coalition of organizations and members of Congress—because claims that trade pacts cannot harm U.S. consumer and environmental policies have been a mainstay of their campaign."

Sunday, December 13, 2015

Participating in the Green Map System

Participating in the Green Map System | Green Map System

Green Map System is a collaborative project with important social and environmental impacts. Green Maps are direct, democratic communication, dependent on local knowledge, action and responsibility. Mapmaking teams have the commitment, networks, skills and spirit it takes to initiate and complete this challenging project. You are invited to volunteer to become the leader of your community's Green Map team and make a major contribution to your home’s healthier, more sustainable future. 
Potential Green Mapmakers should explore the profiles in the Maps section, then go to the Mapmaker Registration page. Please explore our inclusive social mapping website, the Open Green Map, as this resource is also available to your Green Map team! 
Student Green Mapmakers, please start with Youth or University introduction or explore the Maps by theme.

Thursday, December 10, 2015

Beyond Paris, Climate Movement Plans Global Swarm for Future of Humanity | Common Dreams | Breaking News & Views for the Progressive Community

Beyond Paris, Climate Movement Plans Global Swarm for Future of Humanity

Climate activists are also gearing up for a mobilization on Saturday in Paris—in defiance of a protest ban—at the end of the climate talks.
"Negotiators are avoiding making the real commitments that are required to meet their stated goals of keeping warming below 1.5 degrees Celsius," organizers write. "On December 12, we will honor the victims of climate change with beautiful things to see and build, and make plans with the global movement that has gathered in Paris for the coming years. We will lay down red lines of climate safety that must not be crossed, and collectively pledge to act so that they are not."
"This will be our demonstration of hope, power and strength that we will hold as we bring the fight back to the fossil fuel industry in 2016," the statement continues.
Author and activist Naomi Klein spoke Monday in Paris of the need for the Dec. 12 action, and said that people must recognize the urgency of climate crisis and must also say "yes to the world we want."
"We have run out of time. This is our historical moment.
"Let us not disappoint. The stakes are simply too high.
"Now is not the time for small steps.
"Now is the time for boldness," Klein said.

Sunday, October 25, 2015

Harvard Study Confirms Fluoride Reduces Children's IQ | Dr. Joseph Mercola

Harvard Study Confirms Fluoride Reduces Children's IQ | Dr. Joseph Mercola:

recently-published Harvard University meta-analysis funded by the
National Institutes of Health (NIH) has concluded that children who live
in areas with highly fluoridated water have "significantly lower" IQ scores than those who live in low fluoride areas.

In a 32-page report that can be downloaded free of charge from Environmental Health Perspectives, the researchers said:

A
recent report from the U.S. National Research Council (NRC 2006)
concluded that adverse effects of high fluoride concentrations in
drinking water may be of concern and that additional research is
warranted. Fluoride may cause neurotoxicity in laboratory animals,
including effects on learning and memory ...

To summarize the
available literature, we performed a systematic review and meta-analysis
of published studies on increased fluoride exposure in drinking water
and neurodevelopmental delays. We specifically targeted studies carried
out in rural China that have not been widely disseminated, thus
complementing the studies that have been included in previous reviews
and risk assessment reports ...

Findings from our meta-analyses
of 27 studies published over 22 years suggest an inverse association
between high fluoride exposure and children's intelligence ... The
results suggest that fluoride may be a developmental neurotoxicant that
affects brain development at exposures much below those that can cause
toxicity in adults ...

Serum-fluoride concentrations associated
with high intakes from drinking-water may exceed 1 mg/L, or 50 Smol/L,
thus more than 1000-times the levels of some other neurotoxicants that
cause neurodevelopmental damage. Supporting the plausibility of our
findings, rats exposed to 1 ppm (50 Smol/L) of water-fluoride for one
year showed morphological alterations in the brain and increased levels
of aluminum in brain tissue compared with controls ...

In
conclusion, our results support the possibility of adverse effects of
fluoride exposures on children's neurodevelopment. Future research
should formally evaluate dose-response relations based on
individual-level measures of exposure over time, including more precise
prenatal exposure assessment and more extensive standardized measures of
neurobehavioral performance, in addition to improving assessment and
control of potential confounders.