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So my spouse and I were watching the Reading Rainbow documentary on Netflix last night and there are many things that stick with me but one thing that really makes me angry: capitalism and George W Bush killed Reading Rainbow.
To be fair, part of it was things had changed dramatically in the twenty years the show was on the air and the show wasn't...quite working anymore. But I still think capitalism and Dubya have a larger share of the blame.
One of the staff members on the show talked about how compared to Sesame Street, Reading Rainbow didn't have a product to sell. Now, this isn't a dig at Sesame Street, they do good work. But Sesame Street has merch. You can sell tickle-me-Elmos and books and toys and CDs and all sorts of tie-in merchandise and that helps fund Sesame Street. Reading Rainbow? Sure sales of children's books went up 800% but the show didn't benefit directly from that.
The second part is the goal of Reading Rainbow: getting kids to love reading. Love of reading is hugely beneficial, but you can't measure it. You can't quantify it and put it into a spreadsheet. Dubya, however, was BIG into testing and measuring which was the core of No Child Left Behind. And in a way, that's very capitalist as well, children aren't people they're products. Reading Rainbow just didn't fit into this numbers-based framework.
George W. Bush - who brought us the war on terror - once condemned Israel killing 14 civilians in Gaza. Now they kill scores more and it barely registers.
Blinken reportedly voiced worry to Israeli officials on Monday over the recent strikes.