Now, radical acceptance of the fact that there’s nothing anyone can do to stop the existence of partisan-leaning media doesn’t mean there’s nothing we can do to combat polarization overall. Like in the case of Big Tech, placing the blame on some powerful, untouchable conglomerate is a cop-out, because it allows you to place all the responsibility there, too—when really, it is up to us to question what we see and hear and to be curiously open to listening, learning, and kindness, no matter how futile it can seem at times to try. In the same breath, I’ve never said you should blindly trust and
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