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Originally Posted by Bucco
XAVIER...thank you so very much for sharing this link (By the way, TED is one of my favorite sites and one that I have not been to enough recently and it is no political but great for curious minds.)
This was just fantastic. The internet is so many ways has and does contribute to the great divide in people regarding politics. Having our searches for information filtered does not help that situation at all. As someone who has always advocated strongly to read, listen and hear BOTH sides before coming to any conclusions AND as someone who is so disappointed and critical of our media, I hope folks watch this.
These filters on us, make people better PARTY members, but certainly not better Americans.
Thanks again for sharing
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I see the point being made here, but if you regularly read many sources on a regular basis and don't just rely on searching for something, you can overcome this "filtering" to a great extent.
News junkies wouldn't have this problem to a big degree I would think. It's the people who only react when they've heard something, and only get news this way that would be affected like this speaker says.
I do both. I read voraciously, and if I hear something interesting or I need extra info, I will search for it.
This guy did give an interesting talk, though.