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    Echo Chamber

    Jun 16, 2022 2 minutes
    Ali Breland

    TV pundits, op-ed columnists, and think-piece writers want the platonic ideal. A sagely figure who views politics from every angle—unconfined by the circumstantial common sense inscribed by their upbringing, geography, or social media algorithm. A perfect Homo omni-viewpointicus. This is a person who does not live in a single “echo chamber.” This is a person who does not exist.

    Pundits loathe echo chambers. Nicholas Kristof

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