Biased journalism isn't necessarily a matter of printing untruths, although opinions are often shared uncritically as truth, but of focusing only on those things that promote one's own preferred agenda or cause.
Such biased journalism is the norm in mainstream and alternative outlets and it's important for us to realise that.
Some biases will be held by 80% of the population or more.
That's one reason why popularity can't be used as a measure of truth, no matter how seemingly knowledgable the group involved may be.
We are all subject to bias due to the societies we grow up in.
There is no escaping it!
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