"Second, we can engage with leaders and the media who may be exacerbating Americans’ misperceptions of each other." Can we? Right now the fundamental model of

"Second, we can engage with leaders and the media who may be exacerbating Americans’ misperceptions of each other." Can we? Right now the fundamental model of media AND political parties is fueled by hyper-partisanship, outrage, us-vs-them, and how all of these things combine to solicit eyeballs and keep them on us and not them. Sean Hannity or one of the other talking heads at Fox (can't remember which) literally has or at least had a nightly segment on how all other media is lying to you or not covering what Fox covers, and thus they're bad so stick with us. It's like a meta-advertisement couched as opinionews. These things _work_ to accomplish the goals (eyeballs on us), even if they're destroying the country in the process. So how is a conversation going to change any of that?