There's a whole industry of conservatives saying, 'Ah, it's those damn liberals,' and a whole group of liberals saying, 'It's all those damn conservatives'... If you tailor your news viewing, as some people are now doing, so that you only get one point of view, well of course you're going to think somebody else has got a different point of view, and it may be wrong.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- People often blame opposing political sides for media bias instead of recognizing how their own curated news feeds shape their views.
- In plain terms
- Blaming others ignores how choosing one-sided news shapes your beliefs.
- What can you take from it?
- Curating news feeds reinforces personal bias rather than reducing it.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How do we break out of media echo chambers?
- What does balanced news consumption look like?
Another view
It assumes audiences have equal access to diverse viewpoints.
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