There is absolutely no doubt that media portrayal of some issues is distorted. But this isn't what the example was focused on, it was focused on the notion that

There is absolutely no doubt that media portrayal of some issues is distorted. But this isn't what the example was focused on, it was focused on the notion that antipodal partisan couples exist around some of these issues, and I submit you're going to have a hard time finding any that do. The idea that there aren't hard fault lines in the American political discourse is itself a media distortion as well, primarily driven by pro-State media. And in fact, your view of the world is outdated. Faith as an intermarriage agreement point is down substantially as people care less about religion [0]. Partisan divides are rising as folks start feeling freer to express more opinions [1], we see that data suggests partisanship is rising. Increasingly, women are not required to accept a politically opposite husband (a clear trend in the data prior). Without their forbearance, who is going to form these unions you're used to seeing? I'd like to point out that the idea that, "Well the media distorts things therefore none of this is real" is an absurd premise that is largely used by privileged people to ignore the suffering and difficulty of others, using the excuse of ignorance without mentioning its self-inflicted.p [0]: https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2015/06/02/interfaith-marriage/ https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2015/06/02/interfaith-... [1]: https://www.people-press.org/2017/10/05/the-partisan-divide-on-political-values-grows-even-wider/ https://www.people-press.org/2017/10/05/the-partisan-divide-...