> Can we agree on those assumptions? Kind of 1 - Sure. But the idea that your news of choice gives you a representative, unbiased picture of that is laughable

> Can we agree on those assumptions? Kind of 1 - Sure. But the idea that your news of choice gives you a representative, unbiased picture of that is laughable. 2 - I disagree. Casting ballots to potentially swap heads of governments - who are largely symbolic and functionally impotent - barely qualifies as participating at all. Power in modern democracies spread very thin, and most of it is not elected. 3 - Sure, I suppose.