“Historians
and media scholars say the current moment is in some ways a throwback to an era
long before the rise of mass media, when partisan newspapers were the way
Americans received their news. . . .
“Many
viewers have come to prefer partisan media venues, and the divide extends
beyond cable. An entire news pipeline — from message threads on Reddit to
chatter on Twitter and partisan Facebook groups — allows Americans to consume
information that confirms their own biases and beliefs.”
—Michael M. Grynbaum,
media writer, “In
Prime Time, Two Views of Impeachment for a Divided Nation,” The New York
Times, Nov. 16, 2019.
• Editorial Comment: Gotta be true — all my friends think so.
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