Our political environment is congested with bad-faith actors whose bad-faith accounts of their opponents block any possibility of understanding other perspectives. Whether it be politicians, activist journalists or pundits, they’ve all had a hand in manufacturing narratives about average Americans’ desires that confirm their own biases instead of describing the truth.
Take a Sunday front-page story in The New York Times, “How a Storied Phrase Became a Partisan Battleground,” which asked a variety of Republicans, particularly those of color, about “the American dream” while examining why it’s become a seemingly catch-all phrase for GOP policy.
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