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Outrage 79 – When We Stop Sharing the Same Reality – Stephen Maher

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January 7, 2026

David Beckemeyer

Canada politics, civic culture, democracy, Democracy & Civic Life, local journalism, Media & Technology, Media Trust, misinformation, Misinformation & Critical Thinking, news ecosystem, polarization, social media algorithms, Stephen Maher, U.S. politics

Aired Jan 7, 2026 What happens to a democracy when people no longer share the same set of facts?In this episode of Outrage Overload, veteran Canadian journalist Stephen Maher joins us to explore one of the biggest—and least understood—drivers of modern polarization: the collapse of local news and the rise of the algorithmic public square.…
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