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Wednesday, November 7, 2007 12:00 AM

The Internet is making us stupid

Legal sage Cass Sunstein says democracy is the first casualty of political discourse in the digital age.
By Ben Van Heuvelen

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  • Wednesday, November 7, 2007 06:45 AM

    small point

    """I should say, I have a soft spot for O'Reilly, though. I've been on his show, and he's been fair and likable to me. I don't watch the show very often, so whether that's generally the case, I don't know."""

    yeah, you wrote a book about the fracturing of political discourse in america, and you have no idea whether o'reilly is generally fair on his show.

    right.

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