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Dear ASTCers,

I thought this was an interesting article and thought you might find it interesting, too.

Thanks,

- Len


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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/18/opinion/balanced-news-reports-may-only-inflame.html

Op-Ed Contributor
Breaking Up the Echo
By CASS R. SUNSTEIN
Published: September 17, 2012
Cambridge, Mass

IT is well known that when like-minded people get together, they tend to end up thinking a more extreme version<http://yalelawjournal.org/the-yale-law-journal/essay/deliberative-trouble?-why-groups-go-to-extremes/> of what they thought before they started to talk. The same kind of echo-chamber effect can happen as people get news from various media. Liberals viewing MSNBC or reading left-of-center blogs may well end up embracing liberal talking points even more firmly; conservative fans of Fox News may well react in similar fashion on the right. <snip>
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