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> The problem is when someone combines the media with a political party. I generally agree, but I also think this was a natural and probably unavoidable result

> The problem is when someone combines the media with a political party. I generally agree, but I also think this was a natural and probably unavoidable result of having many different sources of “news”. Prior to the internet, pretty much all news in the US came from ~5 TV networks and 1 or 2 newspapers (per city). It wasn’t practical for any of those sources to align exclusively with either political party because then they would be alienating ~half of their potential customers. Today, there are far, far more sources to choose from. People self select those sources that they agree with. In the “old days” the news was more middle of the road politically, but that’s largely gone now. This is a major source of polarization IMO.

intended 2y ago
Well, if you think so, then dont get me wrong about this - do something about it! Read up, diagnose, deconstruct, break this theory. Unless you know someone else is going to be doing this, or you know this doesnt interest you - then see how far this makes sense to you. I did my soul searching the day Trump won. I had a 0% chance for that occurence, and my prediction was wrong. I relooked at everything I believed, because I had made a high confidence prediction on how the world worked, and I had made the wrong call. If this was a massive stock play, I would have been broke. My revised position made me stop asking why Harris lost, but instead focused on how Trump ran in 2016 in the first place. I felt it forced me to take my thinking seriously, and my assumptions seriously. Perhaps it matters and will help you too.