Good advice from Confederate Yankee:
Kids, remember to follow these simple rules if you find a journalist:
STOP AND DON’T TOUCH IT.
LEAVE THE AREA
TELL A RESPONSIBLE ADULT WHAT YOU FOUND
The adult should NOT touch the journalist either.
When it comes to journalists – SAFETY FIRST!
“Journalist-proof Your Child” aka enabling them with the ability to call BS when they see/hear it. Shouldn’t be too difficult, sit child down, turn on tv, find any MSM broadcast on ABC, NBC, CBS, MSNBC, CNN and say, “See that person? That’s a journalist/propogandist. Don’t believe anything they say.” Simple.
I almost forgot the second part of this important training. Sit child down at table, plop the local newspaper in front of them, ask what it is. “A newspaper?” is the incorrect answer. “Fish wrap/bird cage liner?” is the correct answer. Besides, you could have read everything in there on the Internet last night if you weren’t so involved in the neverending SpongeBob saga. 🙂
Is it o.k. to poke a journalist with a stick? I mean to make sure it’s a journalist. I figure poke it with a stick and if it says “stop repressing my freedom of the press” it’s a journalist. if it says “ouch” it’s probably just an inquisitive person who stumbled on to an accident.
The sad thing is – this type of critical thinking is supposed to be taught in our schools. Too bad the schools are just as bad sometimes. Slavery? Never happened. Mark Twain? Doesn’t exist. Bah! Why did I get an Ed degree again?
Journalists are why you need to keep a small bottle of anti-bacterial gel with you at all times.
You are only allowed to touch a journalist if you are pummenling it…but it’s still better to use a ten-foot pole….hopefully a heavy one.
Phat Tony – It’s NOT ok to poke a journalist with a stick, because if you do, then People for the Ethical Treatment of Sticks will have you arrested.