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jleopold · 3384 days ago · link · · parent · post: Study links U.S. political polarization to TV news deregulation
The real issue of polarization is that it is happening especially among elites. I've even seen it argued it is pretty much only happening among elites. It is for sure more pronounced among the policymakers. So, I am skeptical of the claim that television would cause that form of polarization. I would rather blame an increase in party power or radicalization (think Tea Party). Television is for the masses, and deregulation has affected them for sure, but that isn't generally the polarization being discussed.