Probably time for a Kyle Rittenhouse thread.

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Originally Posted by walfreyydo [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Yes I like Axios. My point is that sometimes mistakes are made, mainly by individual journalists or editors, but that doesnt mean it completely undermines long-standing high quality journalistic sources.

My personal belief is all news should be not-for-profit and should be publicly funded with appropriate barriers and oversight to silo it from political influence, similar to BBC and PBS Newshour (although we have seen republicans rail against PBS).

The main problem with US news sources is that they are all for the most part "for-profit", which means they need to cover stories and issues which get the most attention. You have commentary and opinion which masquerades as news but is really meant to cater to people's pre-existing opinions and beliefs which does a better job of pulling people in/repeat viewership. At the end of the day, viewership is tied to ad revenue which is the driver of what gets covered and how. Peoples pre-existing opinions are catered to as opposed to informed.

That goes for Fox/OAN as well as CNN and MSNBC, as well as many traditional news sources.

By and large, your best source for unbiased news is PBS Newshour, NPR and BBC (although conservatives like to say its biased, its not, the facts just don't reinforce their message).

agreed