garrett mitchell. walter's comments answered the questions i was going to pose, which is at the introduction of every new media, there are all these predictions not just about what will happen to the media, but how will that change us as a country. >> you should have seen it when gutenberg did the printing press. they were buying out the bibles. >> i have heard about it. so the question that i'm struck by now is listening to the three of you talk about the democratization, and i think walter's notion about the positive influences of these things. given all of that and the power of these new platforms, et cetera, what relationship do you see between those positive developments and the fact that our politics are as polarized as they have ever been? >> marcus? >> i mean, i guess i would challenge the assertion that they are as polarized as they have ever been. the history of the country is full of political vitriol and intense partisan rivalries. >> there are metrics that will demonstrate. the farthest le

garrett mitchell.walters comments just essentially answer the question i was going to pose which is at the introduction of every new media there are all these predictions not just about what will happen in the media itself but how that changes us as a country. >> you should've seen it when gutenberg do the printing press and all the businesses around the roman catholic church were buying up the vernacular bibles trying to stop it. >> i heard about it. so the question i'm struck by now is listening to the three of you talk about the democratization and i think walter's notion about positive influence of these things. given all of that in the power of these new platforms etc., what relationship do you see between those positive developments and the fact that our politics are as polarized as they have ever been? >> i guess i would challenge the assertion that they are as polarized as they have ever been. i think again, this tree of the country is full of political vitriol and intense partisan rivalries. [