Media Echo Chambers: Ana Kasparian

um and one of the issues is that media
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has become like hyper-specialized
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and so with the way algorithms are set
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up on social media
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you’re exposed to a very specific bias
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based on what you’ve read and what
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you’ve been interested in watching
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those algorithms learn your behavior and
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then they just like continue spitting
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out
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like content that reinforces what you
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already believe so your
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your own views never get challenged
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unless you make a
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real effort uh to listen to perspectives
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that differ from your own
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that’s why even now even though it makes
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me sick every time i do this
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i i make an effort to hear what
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conservatives are saying what are their
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arguments
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and it’s good to know what their
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arguments are because very rarely they
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might have a point but that’s rare
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honestly and you should investigate what
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they’re saying because they might have a
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good point
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but more often than not in the process
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of investigating
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what their claims are you became you
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become better prepared
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to uh support and defend where you stand
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on the issues
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but here’s the thing like most americans
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don’t have time for that and and
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there needs to be a real discussion
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about uh media literacy media
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uh consumption i don’t even know how to
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tackle it at this point uh because there
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are moneyed interests that play a huge
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role in how
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social media operates so i think that’s
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a huge problem
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and yeah i think that there’s like this
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culture on the right of
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owning the libs while they’re really
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just owning themselves they’re finding
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themselves in terrible economic crises
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uh you know they’re seeing their own
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family members die from a virus that
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they did not need to die from
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avid support for someone who does not
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