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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think part of the reason that bipartisanship of the sort that contributed to the resignations of Nixon and Fortas had to do with the political realignment of the country going on the time. White southerners were going from Democrat to Republican in opposition to Civil Rights. And there was a corresponding movement from Republican to Democrat by people who were less racist. [/quote]

Social media has destroyed bipartisanship.[/quote]

Social media just amplified the trend already happening with cable news.

Dismantling of the Fairness Doctrine by Reagan was the real tipping point. People could then live inside their information bubble without being exposed to any dissenting points of view. Once you’re in the bubble, media entities have to feed you ever increasingly polarized views to keep you engaged. [/quote]

I think the rise of cable news and social media was more of a factor than the Fairness Doctrine. The Fairness Doctrine didn't and never would have been permitted to apply to cable or Internet media. It was permitted under the First Amendment because the government had an interest in regulating scarce broadcast spectrum. The same rationale does not apply to cable or Internet. [/quote]

I blame crossfire. That normalized defending the indefensible and taking a stand based on nothing more than party alignment. Early cable news and just news panelists at least displayed some independence, not it's liberal spouting liberal taking points opposed by conservative spouting conservative talking points.  [/quote]

I kind of think the Lewinski matter was the tipping point. Cable news would report partisan b.s. and America would watch it as long as the story had enough emotional resonance. In the Lewinski case, the emotions involved were mostly titillation. But Fox News figured out that anger and fear were more reliable. [/quote]

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