[mountainboot]

The problem is there isn't always 2 sides to a story. Sometimes there is one, sometimes there are multiple. If one side says it is raining, one side says it is not, the journalist should stick their hand out the window, not report the two sides.

[gadders]

Very few news articles are this cut and dried. EG for reporting on an earthquake, fair enough.

However, describing something more contentious like the economy or immigration policy, they absolutely should make a good faith effort to report both sides fairly.