Van Jones: liberal hypocrisy and conservative close-mindedness

He starts by saying liberals are just as guilty of being in a media bubble as conservatives. Not true. See for example this previous post noting that liberals read or watch much broader media sources. Also not true that liberal media sources are as one-sided and biased as conservatives sources. To the contrary, liberals go to the extreme to be 'fair' to the point of false equivalency (see this post). I think Van Jones is doing exactly that with this commentary.

It even borders on the false equivalency of real and fake news, as if the latter is just what conservatives 'value' so we have to take that into account. He's right we have to open our heart to those conservatives who feel left out, but accepting their beliefs based on lies and fake news is not part of the solution. Liberals tend to fight for a better economic system that helps these very people. But they can also chew gum and walk at the same time by legitimately calling them on their racism and ignorant gullibility.