| Factual news reporting is boring. Nobody wants it. They certainly don't want to pay for it. There's really no trouble getting factual information in the US. The main source of actual information is the wire services, such as Reuters and AP. It's dull, tedious, factual reporting. News shows, web sites, etc. all get their news from there. They add various levels of commentary, entertainment, and ideology to make it more engaging. Some are worse than others; you can get fairly decent reporting from most mainstream news sources. The more biased a news source is, the more time it devotes to attacking those sources as being biased. It doesn't require a news source. It requires looking at news for news rather than entertainment. This is made somewhat more complicated in the last few years. Since real news is boring, reliable news sources are less profitable, and many are failing. That leaves them open to being bought out by highly partisan owners, who leverage their reputation while betraying it. The wire services remain reliable, so far, and have the advantage of being primary reporting. It's not hard to find reality if you want it. It's just that not a lot of people want it. |