The Two Nations
One of the many things I owe podcaster Coleman Hughes is an ad recommending the site ground.news . It's a news aggregator with a purpose--...
http://historyunfolding.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-two-nations.html
From the March 18, 2023 essay:
The pattern here is rather obvious: both sides like to print embarrassing or inflammatory information about the other side, while ignoring parallel information about their own side. That is also why the New York Times seems to print far more stories about Donald Trump, even now, than about Joe Biden. It is also, perhaps, why the biggest focus of the Democratic House of Representatives in 2021-2 was the January 6 investigation, not any of the huge economic and social problems which the nation faces and which might have benefited from an extended set of hearings. Both parties are now arguing, in effect, that the electorate has no choice but to vote for them because the other side is so horrible. And yet, if the media are any guide, both sides also seem to understand that much of what their elected officials are doing is unpopular.
I also look at ground.news frequently to find stories that I might have missed in my usual reading.