It was the best of times, it was the worst of times; it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of partisan hackery; it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of misinformation; it was the season of light, it was the season of bleak; it was the spring of joy, it was the winter of despair; we had everything before us, we had nothing before us; we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way...
OK, that’s not exactly how “A Tale of Two Cities”’ opens, but it’s close enough. Besides, I’m just making a point — I’ve never even read the book. But I do know that, as an avid consumer of news, Americans are living in two completely different worlds when it comes to how the 2024 election is shaping up.
It doesn’t matter who you’re for, if you’re invested emotionally in the outcome of the presidential race, control of the Senate or House, whatever, you can find exactly what you want to hear on cable news. This election cycle is like modern Christianity in that you can find a denomination that will reinforce whatever it is you want to believe — from Latin Mass Catholicism to rainbow-transgender flag-waving Unitarianism.
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