On Thu, Apr 15, 2021, at 03:52, Salz, Rich wrote:
> but I don't see the opposite case - the fact that even among readers of a single newspaper there is clear disagreement would seem a pretty strong argument for there not being broad consensus.
The NYTimes readership in particular, is not representative of the United States. They would be the first to admit it.
/r$, by the way: long time subscriber
I think we're on the same page here about. If someone tried to claim that NYTimes readers all agree and hence that was evidence of consensus within the USA, I would be the first to call shenanigans.
BUT - given that there's significant disagreement within the NYTimes readership, then there are two possibilities:
1) all the people in the rough are NYT readers, and the rest of the USA are in wild agreement with one half of the NYT-reader opinion.
2) the lack of consensus within NYT readership matches a wider lack of consensus within the USA.
I consider case (1) above to be extremely unlikely.
Bron.
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