If you can create these viral clips of people saying extremely shocking things, you will succeed.

Social media runneth over with vicious political debates that make bank. But at what cost?

From WNYC in New York, this is on the media. I'm Brooke Gladstone. And I'm Michael O'Nger. The YouTube

channel Jubilee says it wants to bridge political divides, but its format looks more like a firing squad.

If Jubilee had come to me and said, you'll be debating one guy who says he's a fascist and another guy who tells you to get out of the country.

I'd have said, I'll pass, thanks. I'm washing my hair.

Plus, you can't rise above what you can't face. So deal with it.

I'm not interested in talking about these things because I want to punish America.

I want to liberate us. There's thriving democracy waiting for us, but we can't get there

if we don't have the courage to be honest about the things that have held respect.

It's all coming up after this.

From WNYC in New York, this is on the media.

I'm Brooke Gladstone.

And I'm Michael Onger.

Towards the end of last year, several legacy media shops vowed to invest in good old

healthy debate.

Seasman launched a new show called Ceasefire.

In a town where partisan fighting prevails, one table, two leaders, one goal to find common ground.

Newly in charge at CBS, Barry Weiss also pledged to nurture dialogue.

I can make one promise to you, and it's this.

You will not agree with everything you hear tonight or in any of these other broadcasts.

And that is exactly the point, because the premise of a democracy is that we persuade each other with words and not violence.

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