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Is The Internet Closing Our Minds Politically?

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Open to Debate

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4.62.2K Ratings

🗓️ 23 April 2012

⏱️ 52 minutes

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On the Internet, it's easy to find like-minded people and to frequent sites where you agree with the content. And algorithms are serving up more personalized search content. Are we running the risk of getting trapped in information bubbles? A panel of experts debates for Intelligence Squared U.S. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Yes or no to this statement, when it comes to politics, the internet is closing our minds.

1:08.3

That is what we are debating here tonight. Welcome from Intelligent Squared US. I'm John

1:12.4

Donvan. We have four superherbly qualified debaters, two against two. And what we're touching

1:18.1

on here, well, it starts with this, a sampling of this and see if it's familiar. This is

1:22.3

a recent exchange among Wall Street Journal readers who are posting to each other about health

1:27.1

care. Glenn, the liberal, just had his argument attacked by David the conservative. Glenn

1:32.6

gets mad. One wonders how you can even press the keys on the keyboard. Please just go away.

1:38.3

David responds, now I know you're a liberal because liberals are rude and will not listen

1:42.0

to any reason. A guy named Kevin joins in the attack and he tells Glenn to read up on

1:46.7

economics and civics. Glenn tells Kevin, put this in your pipe and smoke it. You pseudo intellectual

1:52.2

rule. From nowhere, a guy named Mark Wazin, he tells Glenn that he is intellectually challenged

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