I don think that is what it purports to do, or likely will end up doing. It might result in people seeing how much common aspects a story has, and that helps t

I don think that is what it purports to do, or likely will end up doing. It might result in people seeing how much common aspects a story has, and that helps to divorce the factual aspects from the editorialization. Maybe. It might result in a broader intake of facts (if both/either side is being selective). It might result in a litany of things better than the binary dung-hosing we have now. If the worst that happens is people attempt to be less binary, I'd still consider that a small victory. Being centrist is not inherently bad either, it just is. The only concern there I would have would be if one intentionally tries to triangulate towards a middle, as opposed to arriving there naturally. It's what Paul Graham referred to as an "accidental moderate" versus and intentional one. http://www.paulgraham.com/mod.html http://www.paulgraham.com/mod.html