There is no such thing as an unbiased news service. All of them employ humans and humans are always biased.
So the solution is not to look for an unbiased news service. Like Diogenes we often are disappointed.
Instead, I feel it is better to identify the biases of the different news services and then collect news from different biases for analysis. Once you have identified the bias of a specific reporter/journalist you are in a better position to interpret his or her writings.
So I proudly proclaim that I read Fox News every day. I read radical right, radical left, conservative, liberal, and moderate sources for the stories that interest me.
Only by reading the viewpoints from different angles can I hope to achieve an understanding of the situation.
Don't complain about biases in the news media, use that bias. it is a valuable tool. As long as you can properly identify and characterize the bias.
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abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.
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