Believing all media are biased pushes partisans toward their own echo chambers.

Evidence

This is all just another step on the road to post-truth. Since the audience for news now consists of so many partisans, the line between traditional and alternative media has blurred, and many now prefer to get their news from sources that adhere to questionable values for truth telling. Indeed, many cannot even tell these days which sources are biased. And if one believes that all media are biased, perhaps it makes less difference to choose an information source that is biased in one’s favor. — Lee McIntyre, Post-Truth, 179

Categorization

• XREF: Generalizes to the ‘motivated reasoning’ and ‘confirmation bias’ mechanisms that ground this book’s whole post-truth thesis. — connects to: Fox News succeeded because market demand for partisan news already existed — Lee McIntyre, Post-Truth, 139; Partisans trust news sources sorted by ideology, with liberals trusting even comedy outlets — Lee McIntyre, Post-Truth, 153; Believing all media are biased pushes people toward sources biased in their favor. — Lee McIntyre, Post-Truth, 179

Broader Connections

• Believing all media are biased pushes people toward sources biased in their favor. #expands (0.95) — Lee McIntyre, Post-Truth, 179