Arnessa Garrett, Thursday, January 4, 2024 Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save We receive comments about our news coverage quite often, especially during this year’s presidential election campaign. Many of you wrote in with questions about our choice of stories or their placement. Some of you see a role for the media in combating misinformation, yet there is also a sizable number who say they want to receive only facts — with no filter.
Good journalism that provides context to the news is what we strive to do. Information doesn’t exist in a vacuum; providing background and relevant details can help add clarity. In the Opinion section, our goal is to provide something for you to chew on as you digest the news.
Agree or disagree, we hope the commentary we provide gives readers some interesting perspectives to consider. We know many of you get news from multiple sources. Determining what’s credible and what’s not is an essential skill for any news consumer in our increasingly fractured, digital media environment.
That’s why many states are including media literacy as a key skill for students to learn in school. According to the nonprofit Media Literacy Now , 18 states have passed bills requiring some form of media literacy education for K-12 students. Unfortunately, Louisiana is not one of those.
Many of the questions that we grapple with today regarding the reliability of information will only get more complex in a future that includes A.
