Steps to take for a recovering voter
My name is Jim. I’m a recovering voter. I watch Bill Maher’s Friday night TV show and appreciate that he’ll scorn left-leaning thinkers almost as much as conservatives. But he’s been getting on my nerves.
He’s had some guests I don’t care for, both Democrats and Republicans. What irks me is that Maher humanizes them. With him they all come across as sensible, self-effacing, and — this really hurts — likable.
I’m also struggling with confirmation bias: adopting a point of view, then only considering information that supports that view. I attribute my struggle with this affliction to congressional wrangling since Jan. 6, 2021
I counter this condition via commentators like S.E. Cupp, Gene Lyons, Mona Charen, Fareed Zakaria, and David Brooks. They are my 12-step program to stop my slide into confirmation bias.
The good news is, I hear this program still has openings — assuming that prospective members admit they have a problem.
Jim Newton
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