Sunday Smiles
The article examines how individuals can become insulated in ideological "bubbles" and critiques media figures for ignoring evidence of public distrust. It highlights a exchange where Scott Pelley dismissed Bari Weiss's inquiry about perceived media bias without citing data. The piece also notes a Gallup poll indicating that only 28% of Americans trust the news media.
- ▪The author describes the concept of informational bubbles and how they can limit exposure to opposing viewpoints.
- ▪Bill Maher is mentioned as an example of someone who has partially pierced his own bubble.
- ▪Scott Pelley, a journalist for 60 Minutes, responded to Bari Weiss's question about media bias by dismissing it without providing supporting evidence.
- ▪A Gallup poll cited in the article shows that trust in the U.S. media has fallen to 28%.
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| Original publisher | HotAir |
| Canonical URL | https://hotair.com/david-strom/2026/06/07/sunday-smiles-n3815712 |
| Publication time | Sun, 07 Jun 2026 14:00:11 -0400 |
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Sunday Smiles David Strom 2:00 PM | June 07, 2026 Grok David Strom We often, quite correctly, talk about people living in bubbles. Most of the time, the evidence for this is strong but inferential, since even people you would expect to be in a bubble turn out to have successfully pierced it and developed a more balanced and synoptic read of the world. Advertisement googletag.cmd.push(function () { googletag.display("div-gpt-300x250_4"); //googletag.pubads().refresh([gptAdSlot["div-gpt-300x250_4"]]) }); Bill Maher, for instance, has pierced the bubble, if imperfectly, which is pretty good. I'm not sure that my bubble is much more pierced than his, since I spend much more time in conservative media, and on X, than any normal person should.
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