Matthew Yglesias

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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

“How could I be hearing 2-3 stories per week about this unless it was happening everywhere?” Because you’re hearing about a non-random sample that compromises less than 1 percent of the total! The same with our understanding of many local institutions. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 28, 2023

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There are > 100,000 schools in America and unless it’s your kid’s school, on any given day you’re most likely to hear about the *least* representative thing that happened at any of them creating the impression that this drumbeat of unrepresentative events is typical. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 28, 2023

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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

The human mind is simply not prepared to exist in a national or even global media environment where we learn more about outlandish happenings in states we don’t live in than about the routine activities of the elected officials who actually represent us and govern our community. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 28, 2023