This is hidden brain.
Im Shankar Vedantam.
When you look at the partisan divisions in the United States and other countries, you see something curious.
Theres a bias, a double standard.
Its always there.
It pervades our society.
Its not just that each side accuses the other of bias.
Right wing media isnt doing journalism.
Its doing fan fiction.
The left can insult people.
The left can make outrageous statements.
Nothing happens.
Oh, it's different on the right.
They accuse one another of the same kinds of bias.
All the staff members at the New York Times, Washington Post, CNN, MSNBC, they're like cornered, rabid rats.
They've been selling us lies for so many years.
The Americans who listen to Fox News and conservative talk radio are being lied to and manipulated every day.
Each side says the other is blind to facts.
Look, we're taking on a republican party.
That has rejected science, where the vast.