Liberals Read Conservative News

And vice versa. It turns out that we don't all live in our own bubbles of conservative and liberal. We do consume our news from a verity of sources. This graph from SSRN shows how 'fair and balanced' the different media sources are compared to each other.



As you can see, when it comes to debating our friends, disagreements are going to be rare. Conversely broadcast news, such as CBS and NBC, do portray a more moderate view.

The paper does point out that Fox News is the exception, offering a diet of conservative news 99 percent higher than the average internet user consumes.