Absolutely. I should have said "strive to be objective" as I did in another comment. And the solution is to have more news sources, more organizations, each with their own set of biases and perspectives that, when taken together, offer people a more diverse view of the world and what's happening in it.
But we've been moving in the opposite direction, with media outlets being bought up or going out of business, while others become nakedly hyper-partisan with little reporting and tons of ultra-biased opinion. Many "news" sources these days just make shit up and post straight up lies and conspiracy theories. It's a bad scene. Which is why so many people are pissed to see the Washington Post, one of the last bastions of reputable journalism, succumbing to political pressure.
But we've been moving in the opposite direction, with media outlets being bought up or going out of business, while others become nakedly hyper-partisan with little reporting and tons of ultra-biased opinion. Many "news" sources these days just make shit up and post straight up lies and conspiracy theories. It's a bad scene. Which is why so many people are pissed to see the Washington Post, one of the last bastions of reputable journalism, succumbing to political pressure.