I don't think there are any truly objective news outlets in the US.
I Googled the NY Times in terms of political bias. THere were a number of instances that stated the NY Times had a left-leaning/liberal bias. I couldn't find one instance where they thought the NY Times had a conservative bias. I belive people think a news source is objective because it has the same political leanings as the reader.
I wish every news outlet would report a political story that would give 2 min. to Democrats to tell their version and then let Republicans have 2 min. to tell their version. At least it would give you both sides. There is also bias in what news outlets chose to report. They are prioritizing what they think is news.
So it's not just a bias in how they report a story, it is also bias in what they chose to focus on, and what they chose to ignore.
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