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> if the media outlets weren't increasingly becoming echo chambers. This conclusion doesn't stand up. If the most popular network skews 93% republican, the alt
by fenomas 6y ago
> if the media outlets weren't increasingly becoming echo chambers.
This conclusion doesn't stand up. If the most popular network skews 93% republican, the alternatives are going to skew democrat regardless of how balanced they are.
- ameister14 6y agoThat doesn't make sense. If one block is 93% blue, the other blocks are going to be more red than blue regardless of how balanced they are.
- fenomas 6y agoNegatory - the sets being compared aren't independent. That is, the overall population is (roughly) half red and half blue. If you divide that population into groups - on whatever basis - and the largest group is 93% red, then it follows that some of the other groups are going to be mostly blue.
- ameister14 6y agoThat's only the case if you have equivalent populations and people can make only one choice, neither of which is true here.
- fenomas 6y agoThey're equivalent to a first approximation, and the numbers we're talking about are from a poll where respondents could make only one choice.