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Don’t Get Your Financial Education From The News

November 11, 2008 By 3 Comments

I was watching the news tonight and realized that the news is a terrible place to get a financial education.  Here are a few reason why you shouldn’t.

  1. They always seem to show the negative side of things.
  2. The news is always slanted one way or another on a subject that makes you believe it the way they want you to believe it.
  3. They don’t always give you the straight facts on a subject.

So what would be a better way to learn more about personal finance?

The Carnival of Personal Finance will teach you a ton of new things about your finances.   This weeks addition was hosted by The Digerati Life who held the Carnival of Personal Finance #178.

In this week addition there were many great post but here a few of my personal favorites.

Take some time here to review this list of great post and learn something new about your personal finances.  Also leave me a comment and let me know what your favorite post was.
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Comments

  1. Beyond Paycheck to Paycheck says:
    November 21, 2008 at 2:31 pm

    Thanks for the mention!

  2. Budgets are Sexy says:
    November 22, 2008 at 9:54 pm

    Thanks for the shoutout! Enjoy the weekend :)

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  1. Does Your Financial Education Got You Stripped Bare? at stumbleforward.com says:
    December 4, 2008 at 6:52 am

    [...] The News.  The thing about the media is that although they do tell the truth they always seem to give you the negative side of the story.  Again we tend to take this advice seriously because of where it came from.  You can read more about it in this article. [...]

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