Here is the thing, it has always been that way. I am an amateur historian, well used to be. Too busy now. Want to have some fun, go and read some New York Times articles from the US civil war or WW2 eras. WOW! Could not be more far off from reality.

Each and every little town in the US used to have at least 2 newspapers, one from each major political party and every news story was reported from each party’s perspective. Most knew that the reality lie somewhere between the two papers’ views. Japan still has this to some extent. No local papers part from the little 4 or 6 page insert that we get once a week with our national paper subscription. But national papers often have very different conclusions to the same stories.

For most of my life time, news in the US has only been present through the lens of a single party.