Is the news biased, or are you?How our own beliefs distort objective facts.

From the show

The Logic Glitch

Understanding the Hostile Media Effect reveals how prior allegiances shape our perception of reality. In a famous 1982 Stanford study, researchers showed the exact same broadcast to opposing partisan groups. Both sides walked away convinced the report was a targeted attack against their views. By recognizing the defensive filters we use to process information, we can learn to evaluate facts more clearly and spot our own blind spots.