Media Literacy Warriors Pillows

'Trump Free Hour 4-7'

Hate Platforms

Lynching on social media

"I give up. Where's the power button?"

"No, I really thought each sentence ended with an emoji!"

I.T. Fear

"No, son, you’re not ‘M for Mature.’"

"The moral of the story, honey, is that being a celebrity does not make you a credible children’s book author."

'What does it say, Dad?'

"I've edited your Wikipedia entry again, Sadie. You're about to be inundated with phone calls from the press." "Whatever, geek-boy." "You're now the world's foremost authority on Turkey leprosy, the disease that's threatening to ruin the holidays." "No one'll believe that." "Oh yeah? I wrote a Wikipedia page for Turkey leprosy, too, along with examples of all the historical figures it's killed, such as the Archduke of Crushistan." "There is no 'Crushistan.'" "I've written a Wikipedia entry for C

Rumors, lies and innuendo.

"If we gave them press freedom they'd only want democracy too..."

The Expert

"The Internet ate my baby!"

"Well, Sara Kalen is wrong – Edward Snowden is not a 'tattletale.'"

"To 'click to enter' or not to 'click to enter'… that is the question."

Data Extraction Social Media Theme Park

'Those viewers who disagree with our editorial on TV violence has better keep their big mouths shut!'

Like.

"I hope you're not reading fake news."

The National Institute for Advanced Talk-Show Punditry.

A Journalist's Weapons

"But if I don't learn handwriting, how will I be able to read Grandma's letters?"

'We've got truth, we've got enlightenment, and we've got serenity - what we NEED is media coverage.'

"Why is there an ad for Jay-Z in the New England Journal of Pediatric Medicine?!"

Spell-Check Bee

"You have been specially selected to upload your bank details. Offer ends midnight."

TV dinners: regular and widescreen

Fakebook

"I had no idea Zelenskyy was a dictator til Trump ruled on it"

"According to the Times, the cartoonist drew my right hand wrong."

Your son is smart and curious and has no attention span whatsoever

Bad Influence of TV

'...No, he can't really fly...no, the bad guys don't really have a gun...no this cereal really isn't the best food in the whole world...no, it won't make you as strong as a giant...'

'Literacy is NOT overrated!'