"The widespread embrace of conspiracy and disinformation amounts to a "mass radicalization" of Americans

Reminds me of the Trump/Russia collusion conspiracy. Point being that echo-chamber education of the masses is not limited to left-wing / right-wing. Media is power and those that can use it for a political end, will.

I personally believe in absolute truth - but that it's very hard to recognize in media of any flavor anymore. Every good conspiracy theory has a kernel of truth to it - the rest is spin. Used to be journalists would cut through the spin and expose the truth. It was a valuable service. Now the journalists are the ones creating the spin.

Anymore, if you don't have first-hand, observable knowledge of something it's hard to know the truth for certain. That sucks for all of us no matter our political leanings!