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Liberals and conservatives have wildly different TV-viewing habits – but these 5 shows bring everyone together

  • Written by Johanna Blakley, Managing Director, The Norman Lear Center, University of Southern California, Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism
Political fissures extend to the TV screen.vilax/Shutterstock.com

There’s been a lot of concern about how conservatives and liberals consume their news from sources that merely confirm their preexisting beliefs. The result, supposedly, has been a disintegration of a shared reality and a fracturing of the nation’s political life.

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