[twelfthnight]

Agreed that the argument "overprotection leads to lack of free speech in academia" is tenuous.

That said, I do wonder if we all _are_ being protected from opposing views these days. Like, we come across the opposing views but usually in a filtered / characature form on Social Media/Fox News/MSNBC. It's actually kinda hard to find stuff without spin in my experience.

EDIT

My hypothesis is that's it's just cheaper to create speculative / opinion based journalism rather than real investigation. Since the former gets enough clicks, there's not a strong financial reason to create good journalism.

[HPsquared]

It's always been hard to find things without spin. The only difference now is the range of different spin styles available. Every niche worldview has an online community.

[marcosdumay]

And then we've come half-cycle into the exact opposite fact from the one on the post that created this thread. All it too was 3 comments.

I wonder what is really happening, because both statements sound true to me.