https://psybelle.dreamwidth.org/ psybelle - Dreamwidth Studios Sun, 19 Dec 2010 17:22:55 GMT LiveJournal / Dreamwidth Studios psybelle personal https://psybelle.dreamwidth.org/115438.html Sun, 19 Dec 2010 17:22:55 GMT https://psybelle.dreamwidth.org/115438.html I've seen a couple of links to the big Faux News story about the eclipse Monday night...<br /><br />"Do we need flashlights?" Um, no.<br /><br />The Moon is going through the Earth's shadow. It's going to get dark <i>there</i>, not here on Earth - here's not even going to get as dark as a standard-issue new Moon night.<br /><br /><br />It's kinda funny, but I wince at basic science illiteracy. And where folks who watch Fox News are <i>measurably</i> <a href="http://www.worldpublicopinion.org/pipa/articles/brunitedstatescanadara/671.php?nid=&amp;id=&amp;pnt=671&amp;lb=">more misinformed</a> than folks who get their news from other sources, I kind of want to cry. Just a little.<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=psybelle&ditemid=115438" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://psybelle.dreamwidth.org/115438.html ouchie getting it wrong fauxnews public 0