Complicating the Narratives - What if journalists covered controversial issues differently — based on how humans actually behave when they are polarized and suspicious?

source: https://thewholestory.solutionsjournalism.org/complicating-the-narratives-b91ea06ddf63

"I’m embarrassed to admit this, but I’ve been a journalist for over 20 years, writing books and articles for Time, the Atlantic, the Wall Street Journal and all kinds of places, and I did not know these lessons. After spending more than 50 hours in training for various forms of dispute resolution, I realized that I’ve overestimated my ability to quickly understand what drives people to do what they do. I have overvalued reasoning in myself and others and undervalued pride, fear and the need to belong. I’ve been operating like an economist, in other words — an economist from the 1960s."

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