To quote a fictitious defunk TV show, "The truth is out there." To suggest that bias isn't underlying most news in some form isn't fair to the producer of it or the recipient, but it is also wrong to suggest that this means there is no truth to be found. In two different polls last year, about who did better in the second US presidential debate by two sources, one gave it to Harris @ 67%, one gave it to Trump @ 93%. And both polls were correct. Those are facts; by knowing the actual questions in the survey, the number of respondents the sources based their polling on, and the margin for error, these aren't important to my point. Bias has become very apparent in most every area of the media, but the truth can be found in the numbers if they are offered along with the results - which they most often are not.
Anyone who uses a social media platform as their main source for news could use a serious dose of, "are you plain stupid?" That's bonkers.
What news use to be in my youth isn't what news is today, and those dramatic, troubling changes are complex to understand. W hat is called 'news' now has surely fluctuated more toward slanted opinion over the long haul. The twenty-four hour news cycle barrage, with its continuous one-upmanship, has done much to destroy credibility in many ways. But to assert that most fact checking being employed by truer news sources in the last few years has born out to be faulty is not a responsible treatment of the product. Bias is one thing; truth in reporting should still be expected, and should be respected and acknowledged when it happens. Most importantly, it must be reported openly and loudly when it is found to be lacking. It makes this reader feel uncomfortable when others contend that no news source can be trusted as factual any more.
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