Is Social Media The End of Civilization?

Common Ground with Jane Whitney serves as a bridge in a polarized era. Focusing on vital issues like democracy, Supreme Court politicization, social media vitriol, racism, and climate change, the series showcases past moments where panelists engage, share insights, and unite to address the nation's pressing problems, fostering a path forward.

American elections face unprecedented threats post-January 6 insurrection. The electoral system's foundation wavers as candidates contest results, biased officials emerge and millions question certified outcomes. A panel delves into the electoral system's fate, the two-party system's future, national disenfranchisement, and the rise of performative politics risking constitutional guarantees.

A diverse panel from across the political spectrum discusses how the country, which once elevated science into the unofficial national religion, came to accept the parasitic oxymoron of “alternate facts” and how so many of us have come to live in an impenetrable bubble that elevates ill-considered opinion into intractable certitude.