| On the internet, "I think a very real problem is the difficulty in finding common frames of references from which to have discussions about how to find consensus on major political issues. Until we can find some way to resolve that problem, I'm not optimistic that we'll be able to overcome the attitude polarization that is a hallmark of American life today." "In my nostalgic recollections of the not-too-distant past there was a relatively small set of news sources -- newspapers, magazines, television, and radio -- from which a majority of Americans gathered most of their news. It wasn't a perfect system and it didn't include all voices.Despite its flaws, that smaller set of news sources helped foster a common understanding of what the major political issues of the day were, and provided shared touchstones for discussing and formulating positions on those issues.That's no longer the cas |
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