Critical Thinking

We may describe Rachel Maddow and John Stewart as strong critical thinkers mainly because of their fundamental approach to portraying realism and news. Firstly, Maddow uses humor and sarcasm as a means of presenting events to the public. This "filtering" of media, which describes Maddow's opinions and approach, proves that she does indeed think critically about the events she portrays. Similarly, Stewart acts as a critical thinker as well. He uses his television show as his own commentary medium with which he can present his opinions. In the end, both of these people do what regualr news shows do not; critically think. Instead of just taking in the news as a message, these television personalities interpret.

The epiphets from the "Rage" article, conversly, portray uncritical thinking. They were remarks and judgments passed without thought to the background or development of the issue at hand.

One of the modes describing critical thinking as a means of improvement upon oneself is perhaps the most applicable to me. Humans have a tendency to react by instinct, intuition, and reaction. Without control over this instinct, without critical thinking and reason, humanity simply will not survive. It is clear that the world is changing, that technology is too advanced at this point to revert back to simply "living." Humans now must create personal interpretations, improve, and critisize in order to be successful.