This comment chain represents so many conversations I've seen on HN / Reddit. The understanding I've come to (flavored by my media diet) is very similar to you

This comment chain represents so many conversations I've seen on HN / Reddit. The understanding I've come to (flavored by my media diet) is very similar to yours...It is just really hard to have a conversation with each other about events when we can't even agree on the base facts. It'd be nice if we could figure out how to reduce that gap, especially because a lot of these things are simply facts, not opinions. And that is not to say I am free from blind spots! I am not saying my media diet is the "right one" that gets to the truth, I know I have them, but I do try and reduce them as best I can.