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What do you do when you read the news from different sources and find that the reports are polar opposites?
 

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Look for the truth elsewhere?
 

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Do you think there is a news source that is fully objective anymore?
Not really, but multiple sources, particularly non MSM ones, will give a clearer picture of what the truth actually is.

One thing that should be painfully obvious to everyone, and no side has a monopoly on it, is when outlets try to present opinions about what the news means in place of of the news itself. This is why I prefer honest sites that state for certain if a news article is actually confirmed as true or not (and how) right up front in the reporting and avoid any video presentations that add commentary telling you what you are seeing and what it means while you see it instead of just showing the event and letting you decide what it means for yourself afterward.

Another thing to be aware of and few people are, there have been studies conducted using phony news stories showing that news presenters who are more attractive than average are considered more believable by their audience than those who are less attractive than average.

That's an interesting thing to consider as you watch different broadcast news sources.
 

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What do you do when you read the news from different sources and find that the reports are polar opposites?

Most times when I read news I'm looking for the baked in bias. If there's no commonality at all between reports I usually assume both are opinion pieces and ignore both.
 
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