The Increasing Polarization of American Media
Growing up in Washington D.C., politics was always a topic of conversation. Whether in school, at home, or even at parties, we would be talking about what’s going on down on the Hill. CNN would always be playing in the background during family dinner, and presidential debate watch parties were a must every election season. Being aware of the journalism surrounding politics in America for so many years has allowed me to see a very clear shift in 2 things: the way we interact with people with different political views and the way the news was reported. It slowly crept on us American’s, but when Trump was elected in 2016 the whole thing broke open. The country was divided and there was no point in hiding it anymore. My parents, who used to watch Fox in the morning, banned it from being played in the house. My social media feeds become a battleground for different political views. At some point, algorithms and unfollowing curated my feed into a liberal echo chamber where all o...