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...Americans who rarely or never follow the news are surprisingly good at estimating the views of people with whom they disagree This is the scary bit of the a
by dragonsky67 7y ago
...Americans who rarely or never follow the news are surprisingly good at estimating the views of people with whom they disagree
This is the scary bit of the article. If actually being more engaged with news gathering (in the traditional sense) means you actually have more inaccurate information then I think it clearly shows our "news" sources are broken.
I don't know that this would be any surprise to most people, but it seems that the "news" industry is not about the transmission of facts, but that of a covert (and no so covert) psyop influence operation.
- thatoneuser 7y agoIt's also tragic that most online discourse is so polarized, yet when I go out and talk politics irl with people who have drastically different views I'm able to have nuanced conversation where both parties can at least see where the other has good points. Idk what can be done. It's easier to manipulate people into poor self serving thinking than to get them to rationalize.