"At the end of the day everybody is biased," says our guest,John Gable, founder CEO of AllSides. "You're biased by what youknow. You're biased by what you know and you're biased by yourentire human existence before then."

AllSides is unique in how it covers the news - displayingstories on its front page - from different points of view. It urgesreaders to "engage in civil dialog and discover a deeperunderstanding of the issues."

The left-hand column at AllSides has stories fromliberal-leaning sites (New York Times, Huffington Post, Salon), theright column features conservative-leaning media coverage of thesame event (Fox News, The Blaze). The centrist column plays thingsdown the middle (USA Today, Christian Science Monitor).

"Part of what we do is help people understand that they arebiased as well," says John.

With deep experience in technology and his former involvement inpolitical campaigns, he understands how so many of live in a bubble- only listening to those we agree with. And why that's a threat toour democracy.

Solutions:

Take the "doyou live in a bubble?" quiz. 
Learn why left or right are not our only political options. 
John Gable urges us to read Neil Postman's ground-breaking 1985book, "AmusingOurselves to Death." The book looks at the impact of televisionand mass entertainment on our perceptions of politics andculture.

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