Would a completely unbiased news source be popular?

People looking for opinions in the news will fail, but people feel as though they must have an opinion and since they can't find one they go with the opinion of someone they have faith in. Ironically, that person is likely to be completely uninformed, popular and confident. read more

A completely unbiased news source would be nothing more than a data service. And probably not a particularly useful one, either. The moment you start curating information, you insert bias. read more

However, knowing in which way news sources are biased is helping as well. MSNBC is heavily biased to the left as Fox News is heavily biased to the right. Knowing this, it becomes rather easy for the reader to balance out what they're saying. read more

The answer is: There is no unbiased American news source, nor is there an unbiased international news source. What people need to do is be aware of the biases and read and compare stories from different perspectives. Most media outlets are decidedly Left-wing or even Far-Left. read more