Reading the headline on AOL, confirmed I am DIFFERENT

This article claims that most people just visit and read sites that confirm their biases, and I agree, but I am not 'most people'. Every day I read headlines (and corresponding articles that interest me) from the NYT, USA Today, Politico, CNBC, HuffPost and FOX, in addition to reading the Denver Post. I NEVER even glance at MSNBC, cuz I know it's just an echo chamber for left-wing ideas, like FOX is for the right.
By comparing all spectrums of 'news' reorting I get a pretty good idea of what's real, UNLIKE what this article says most people do. I know MANY people who just go from FOX, to Rush, and then back to Sean and O'Reilly, then think they have a cross section of Fair and Balanced news.
What a joke. Sorta like they are....
How the Internet Is Loosening Our Grip on the Truth

By FARHAD MANJOO

A wider variety of news sources was supposed to be the bulwark of a rational age. Instead, we are roiled by biases, gorging on what confirms our ideas and shunning what does not. 

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