At the end of the day, we’ve got to realize that the CNNs, MSNBCs, etc. have a lot in common with the Breitbarts, Zero Hedge, etc. They all cater to a base of folks who agree with them. Both sides get mad at the other side for what they say, but it’s wasted energy. Expand your sources of knowledge beyond those that merely cater to what you want to hear.
What of the rest of us, though? Blithely, resolutely, I neglect to “check my privileges” when I make the following assertion: that most people really don’t give a stuff about ideology. We may feel herded into thinking we ought to, because that is the dynamic on which our politics and news industry – the one hand-on-teat with the other – hinges. But we don’t really. We may feel motivated – in part, if we’re honest, by the narcissism of small differences – to vote one way or another. But deep down we’re not entirely sure what we think on a whole range of issues, even as we have no wish to stop others from saying what they do, earnestly, think. Or think they think. We’re interested in what works in practice, rather than in theory. Many of us even have friends who vote differently to ourselves. What we don’t have is memes on the internet about all of this. Read more here.