[Braxton1980]

So you said

"Instead, all we have is an opinion by a reporter at an organization with a known bias for promoting the increase of government"

Then

"My problem is I’m tired of living in a world where everyone assumes that anyone not in 100% agreement with their policies must of course be doing something nefarious"

It doesn't matter if the person is bias or not, what matters is it they backed their opinion up with facts