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| Last Edit: ryhog 11:40 pm EDT 08/23/19 | |
| Posted by: ryhog 11:38 pm EDT 08/23/19 | |
| In reply to: re: despicable? - Billhaven 11:06 pm EDT 08/23/19 | |
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| Suppose I said that it licenses bullying? Would you accept that? An 8 year old is watching GMA with his father. The father's dream is that his kid becomes the captain of the high school football team. The son wants to be a choreographer when he grows up. The attitude conveyed in the media becomes dad's (bullying) sword. Scripted and mandated apologies are not teachable moments for that kid. How does ABC make it into an effective and meaningful teachable moment, and will they step up? The dynamic here is very real, not something theoretical, and I agree with Michael's comment below that we shouldn't get hung up on semantics that obscure that. |
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| Posted by: KingSpeed 12:44 am EDT 08/24/19 | |
| In reply to: re: despicable? - ryhog 11:38 pm EDT 08/23/19 | |
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| What 8 year old watches GMA with his father? | |
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| Posted by: ryhog 09:18 am EDT 08/24/19 | |
| In reply to: re: despicable? - KingSpeed 12:44 am EDT 08/24/19 | |
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| plenty, but of course it does not matter. Millions of people were watching, and tv is their teacher. The rest of what I would write here in a lengthy post has already been covered memorably by Marshall McLuhan. | |
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| Posted by: portenopete 09:05 am EDT 08/24/19 | |
| In reply to: re: despicable? - KingSpeed 12:44 am EDT 08/24/19 | |
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| LOL. I watched it quietly and ashamed in the silence of my lonely room. |
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| Posted by: Billhaven 11:50 pm EDT 08/23/19 | |
| In reply to: re: despicable? - ryhog 11:38 pm EDT 08/23/19 | |
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| There is so much more out there , things that kids actually watch again and again. Movies and skits and endless commercials that reinforce gender stereotypes. Watch a couple of episodes of “Friends” again. How about “Superbad”. That was made FOR kids. I can’t get worked up over a thoughtless comment on a morning talk show. There are many more important battles to fight. But fine, take her down and feel you’ve accomplished something. | |
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| Posted by: Michael_Portantiere 10:11 am EDT 08/24/19 | |
| In reply to: re: despicable? - Billhaven 11:50 pm EDT 08/23/19 | |
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| "There is so much more out there , things that kids actually watch again and again. Movies and skits and endless commercials that reinforce gender stereotypes. Watch a couple of episodes of “Friends” again. How about “Superbad”. That was made FOR kids. I can’t get worked up over a thoughtless comment on a morning talk show. There are many more important battles to fight. But fine, take her down and feel you’ve accomplished something." I do see your point, but one could argue that Lara Spencer's comment was just as bad as "Superbad," etc. in its own way, because the comment was made in the context of a news/talk show discussion among supposedly mature and intelligent adults whom one would have thought would have moved way beyond making fun of a young boy because he's taking ballet lessons. |
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