Sullivan: The Sliming of Parkland Students Shows the Spreading Stain of Media Polarization

Posted Wednesday, March 28, 2018 7:52 am

Margaret Sullivan | Washington Post

Six months ago, the conservative radio host and blogger Erick Erickson wrote an opinion piece in the New York Times, inspiringly titled “How to Find Common Ground.”

“We owe it to one another to disagree agreeably, without anger or intimidation,” he wrote, noting that social media has put us all in polarized bubbles.

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Sullivan: The Sliming of Parkland Students Shows the Spreading Stain of Media Polarization

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