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I think this is missing the darker point, which is that the main stream media along with the political parties that support them, are the the echo chamber. It’s
by underseacables 5y ago
I think this is missing the darker point, which is that the main stream media along with the political parties that support them, are the the echo chamber. It’s not that we are caught in an echo chamber, rather it’s the information from mass media corporations that has created the echo chamber. If anything, to break out so to speak, is perhaps as easy as simply turning off all news, and paying more attention directly to what politicians are saying.
- cbsmith 5y ago> I think this is missing the darker point, which is that the main stream media along with the political parties that support them, are the the echo chamber. They are part of the echo chamber. They aren't the echo chamber. Social media does a fantastic job of demonstrating that people naturally construct their own echo chambers. We tend to judge the main stream media & polities without appreciating a context where they don't exist. It's increasingly clear that for all their ills, they do deliver, albeit in a flawed and limited degree, on their espoused objectives. They're terrible, except as compared to all the alternatives.
- mmcconnell1618 5y agoBetter to pay attention to what politicians are doing rather than what they are saying. Take a look at who donates to their campaigns, how they vote, and who they hang out with on a regular basis.