How important is media literacy? Is the picture real? BAGnewsNotes: Getting Between the Point and the View a story about the cover of a recent issue of "Newsweek." Read the post here. The magazines cover points out how important it is to be media literate. Today it is not enough to know how to read, we must be media literate. The Center for Media Literacy has some of the best resources available for education in media literacy available. Check them out here.