and media analyst lionel of lynell media and professor sobre brown professor of journalism at belmont university thank you both for coming on today this can be a fun discussion. here well and thank you all right before we get into the kind of nitty gritty let's let's i want to ask you both right out do you believe that media literacy needs to be taught in our schools and if so how. how early should students start getting the basics of the information they consume i'll start with you professor. absolutely they need to start as soon as they start asking questions children are sponges they are going to listen to their environment so even before school preschool it's the same idea about you know race topics that are challenging when they start inquiring we need to start asking and answering those questions back to telling them the truth so that they can begin to say ok there's a pattern of information why don't your thoughts. no no no no this is nothing but censorship this is scaring kids you might have a class called musical literacy sports literacy food literacy no of course not what this is doing

mention his personal wealth and hospitality to me and my wife and our daughter was studying at belmont university in nashville, tennessee. he and his wife, honey, open the home to us in nashville. they hosted us. i was fortunate to be among those that he mentioned after place in the smokies which was a fabulous experience. he took us to a tennessee titans again. it went above and beyond and to this day we are grateful for the work and generosity and for the chance to get to see lamar in his element in his beloved tennessee. mr. president, lamar has dedicated much of his life to a state and country, nobody could be more deserving of retirement. but i would be surprised if he ever fully retires. i am pretty sure even while sitting on his porch he is still going to be dreaming up ways to make our country better. lamar, thank you for your leadership and for your mentorship. thank you for being a role model to so many of us. may god bless you in your retirement. i will miss you. mr. president, i yield the floor. >> mr. president. >> the senator from colorado. >> thank you, mr. president. i was not pla

mention his personal warmth and hospitality to me and my wife when our daughter was studying at belmont university in nashville, tennessee. he and his wife honey opened their home to us in nashville. they hosted us. i'm fortunate to be among those that he mentioned at their place in the smokies which was a fabulous experience. they took us to a tennessee titans game. they went above and beyond, and to believing day we are grateful for their warmth and generosity and for the chance to see lamar in hislement and his beloved tennessee. lamar has dedicated much of his life to his state and country and nobody could be more deserving of retirement but i will be surprised if he fully retires. i'm pretty sure that even while sitting on his porch he's still going to be dreaming up ways to make our country better. lamar, thank you for your leadership and for your mentorship. thank you for being a role model to so many of us. may god bless you in your retirement. i will miss you. mr. present, i yield the floor. a senator: mr. psident. the presiding officer: the senator from colorado. mr. bennet: thank you, m