tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post4510862763125462992..comments2024-03-28T06:43:21.546-04:00Comments on the daily howler: DAZED MEETS CONFUSED: Brian Williams’ song!<b>bob somerby</b>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02963464534685954436noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-17037272856299825032013-07-03T17:20:22.613-04:002013-07-03T17:20:22.613-04:00Agree, the statement by Williams is just false.Agree, the statement by Williams is just false.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-37654761676379912032013-07-03T17:13:43.586-04:002013-07-03T17:13:43.586-04:00The drop out numbers are interesting.
So, many m...The drop out numbers are interesting. <br /><br />So, many more kids dropped out of high school in the Golden Age of Public Education that we always insist on inventing? <br /><br /><br />Have you ever heard Eli Broad speak? He's a billionaire school reformer. He went to public schools and his whole spiel is about how public schools suck now, but they used to be great, back when he was there. I wonder if he knows about the drop out rate. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-89435222914465997892013-07-03T15:19:14.680-04:002013-07-03T15:19:14.680-04:00He's actually wrong to say it is technically a...He's actually wrong to say it is technically accurate. It's simply false -- not a matter of interpretation -- to say the report is "grim." Is there an argument for saying more kids staying in school is a "grim" development? Blacks, Hispanics and whites are not "certain sub-groups" (whites upped their scores, too) and neither are the "young." There's no such thing as "they're" for identifying the respective cohorts of 17 years, either, since they are not comparable populations. <br /><br />The only technically accurate sentence is the last one. A short blurb that is seriously misleading, expressly or by omission, with both of those sins being evident here, cannot be called "technically accurate." urban legendnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-19943889213813432292013-07-03T12:09:24.792-04:002013-07-03T12:09:24.792-04:00I don't understand, Bob. If it's technical...I don't understand, Bob. If it's technically accurate, it's AOK. Williams is fine by me.Liarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-48002685573971766742013-07-03T10:31:24.362-04:002013-07-03T10:31:24.362-04:00I saw a werewolf drinking a pina colada at Trader ...I saw a werewolf drinking a pina colada at Trader Vic's<br />And his hair was perfect!<br />Warren Zevongravymeisterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16075831177588700301noreply@blogger.com