people who are left wing read left wing magazines,

左翼读左翼杂志
because people don't as a rule enjoy getting information

因为一般来说人们不喜欢接受
that disconfirms what they believe in.

证明他们相信的事物不成立的信息
They want to have information that confirms

人们希望获得证实并支持
what they believe in and that supports it.

他们相信的东西
If you support Bush you're going to be looking for good news about Bush,

如果你支持布什你会倾向于寻找有关布什的好消息
if you don't support him you'll be looking for bad news.

若你不支持他你会寻找相关的坏消息
And this manifests itself in all sorts of interesting ways.

这现象用各种有趣的方式来显现
I'll tell you about a very simple experiment.

我给大家讲一个非常简单的实验
it's done by Louisa Egan here at Yale

这是路易莎·伊根在耶鲁做的实验
and it illustrates a point which is going to--

这个实验说明了一个观点
which--and then I'll talk about real world implications of this.

我会讲一下这个实验对现实生活有什么启发