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John Oliver: Trump vs. Truth

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Don't Miss this one!   John Oliver returns with a searing and bitingly funny review of Trump's tenuous grip on reality. Where does Trump get his news? Oliver explains it. How do you distinguish between facts and alternative facts? Oliver explains.  There is a deeply serious side to all this. When Trump gets his news from a TV talk show host who believes the Sandy Hook Massacre was a staged fraud, the nation is in deep trouble. "Not funny, says Diane Ravitch who posted this, as she gives us CONTEXT for what is educating our people. Susan Lee Schwartz adds that "All playwrights and writers also grasp that comedy is merely the dark side of life presented in a light manner." 

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I began teaching in 1963,; Ba and BS in Education -Brooklyn College. I have the equivalent of 2 additional Master's, mainly in Literacy Studies and Graphic Design. I was the only seventh grade teacher of English from 1990 -1999 at East Side (more...)
 

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