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Decent point, but I think the relevance is that there are large swaths of the US that are blanketed by this conservative news bubble, and that our Senate is app
by patentatt 5y ago
Decent point, but I think the relevance is that there are large swaths of the US that are blanketed by this conservative news bubble, and that our Senate is apportioned (and to a lesser extent the House) to land, not people. So the fact that lots of land is covered by this bubble is relevant at least to the functioning of the Senate.
- rscoots 5y agoBut for the Senate the size discrepancy is at the state level not within state races. A senator from Connecticut has less constituents than Texas but still has to win a pure majority in Connecticut. In any case I think you'll agree this is now a much narrower point about Sinclair than ppl like Oliver intended to make. (Got my account rate limited cuz too many fellow liberals downvoted me w/o comment. Seems like HN might not be a good place for reasonable discussion on controversial topics.)