Bias Where You Get Your News From

Think about how you get your news. If it comes from only conservative sources, guess what your opinions will be based on? If it comes from liberal sources then you get different results. The key is to get information from both sides and make a decision that's in the middle somewhere.

The other thing is to consider the source. Is your news source committed to promoting only one point of view? The way you can tell is if they don't allow for two independent views. If you only get a point of view that states one side then you might want to consider balancing it with something else. It's also helpful to ask yourself it the news source makes money off their point of view, has a specific agenda or is truly just putting out the news.

News Flash. News is not opinion that supports your values and beliefs. News is reporting that is as neutral as possible and sticks to empirical, demonstrable fact. News tells you the sky is blue, not that the blue sky is brought to you by the Libertarian Party.

What Happened to the News?

I'm pretty sure the news used to cover things like Watergate and crises important to the general population, the hearings were on television. Now we get Britney Spears. No wonder people don't know their elbow from their armpit, they're not getting enough information to make rational decisions. Luckily we can all rest easier because nobody would ever want to co-opt the constitution or use the government to benefit their buddies, not in this country. But if it were happening we would probably want the news to cover it rather than Britney Spears.