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TWITTER TRAP OF TRUTH: Check Sources for Facts
I’ve expanded the social media portion of the program over the last year or so because “Twitter” has become such a pervasive and persuasive part of our daily lives. The recent strike of Hurricane Sandy on the Northeast provided background for a number of lessons, but the Twitter part of [...]
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PATHETIC APOLOGY: Admit What You Said & Move On
Everyone makes mistakes, whether they be physical actions or the verbal kind. For the most part, people are very forgiving IF there’s a mistake made and owned up to. Once you try to cover up a mistake, that’s a red flag, Covering it up with a poor and even insulting [...]
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HATEFUL WORDS: Nazi Germany Associations Hurt Everyone
First and foremost, let’s take politics out of this equation. This is about words that one should never use unless discussing them in a historical context. CNN anchor Carol Costello hosted an interview with a guest who holds, to many, a controversial and insulting view on homosexuality. To be fair, [...]
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BODY LANGUAGE: Careful of Showing People Who’s #1
There have been plenty of people calling for University of Texas Head Football Coach Mack Brown to resign in the midst of a poor season. During a halftime interview on ESPN, Coach Brown apparently decided to answer his critics via sign language. Certainly we all know that any frame from [...]
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MEDIA SCRUTINY: Be Prepared to be Roasted Over Nothing
In many ways, this issue goes right alongside the one about being careful when you make jokes that others can and will rip into as being insensitive or even insulting. If you are someone who deals with the media on even an occasional or rare moment, you must be prepared [...]
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THE JOKE: Nothing Is Misinterpreted More Often
We live in a society where everything that is said is almost immediately dissected and examined with a microscope. Makes no matter where it’s said or under what circumstances, plenty of people have a very thin skin. Which brings us to the joke, or attempts at humor. Always keep in [...]
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DIRTY PLAY CAUGHT ON VIDEO: From “You Tube” to Nightly News
There was a time when “You Tube” was just a place to share cute videos, rants from the home computer and movie trailers. No more. The broadcast news media now trolls “You Tube” and every form of social media for story ideas. An with every person armed with their own [...]














