text: That' a pretty succinct summation of the results of the media's policy of false equivalency, the policy which pretends that the same tactics are used to the same degree by Democrats and Republicans. This false premise has indeed fostered "division, hatred and fear".
  
  I appreciate that the author correctly writes "the media ARE". Too many people think the media "IS" a monolithic singularity. This absurd belief generates paranoia and alienation from facts.