Has the increase in readily available media been a good thing for American politics? Has the influx of information made it easier to find reliable information, or has it become more difficult?

The modern increase in media sources is not necessarily a good thing for American politics since each source presents information and issues from a particular position and through the lens of particular presuppositions. Many people automatically gravitate toward sources that match their own views because it takes a great deal of time and effort to sort through and rationally analyze sources.

We are surrounded by information these days. Television and internet sources bombard us with supposed facts and plenty of opinions, and they are all presented from a particular point of view. This is nothing new, of course. All throughout history, media sources have presented information in ways that reflect their…