Echo Chamber

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Lawmakers: Turn Off the TV!

“Reporting from Washington—In a morning pep talk to Senate Democrats, President Obama urged his allies to buck up despite electoral setbacks, bear down in the final push to overhaul healthcare—and, whatever they do, quit relying on blogs and cable television for news.

“Those online and TV sources create a Washington ‘echo chamber’ that’s overly fixated on political analysis, he said, when a better perspective on the world comes from talking to average Americans on a regular basis.”

—Christi Parsons and Janet Hook, Los Angeles Times, Feb. 3, 2010 URL

Editor’s Note: Instant polls give this a thumbs up!

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