1.0 link 54641 <![CDATA[CNN Buries Education for "Funny News"]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dan-brown/cnn-buries-education-for-_b_54641.html There is an unnerving change on the newly retooled, flashier CNN webpage: on the homepage, the EDUCATION section has been replaced by FUNNY NEWS. Education news is not accessible from the front page; you have to search for it.

This is a stark example of "infotainment" trumping crucial kitchen-table issues in mass media. Reports on the far-reaching effects on America's families of the sweeping No Child Left Behind legislation may not make headlines as snazzy as "27-foot wiener...

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