As many other have said they're free but not fair.

Flawed poll that should have been 2 separate questions.

I agree with all of those in the "Free, yes; fair, no" camp. Not because there ins't decent news sources out there, but because the primary news sources that deliver content to the otherwise uncritical masses are not in any way, fair.

I may like the content I get on some sources better than others, but that doesn't mean that they are fair, and it's pretty clear that the major news sources, ABC, NBC, CBS, NPR/PBS, Fox, NYT, WaPo, LATimes, etc., are not interested in fair, they are either interested in revenue, or acclaim from their particular bubble.

The biggest problem is that the uncritical masses get their news from shallow, biased sources, with a penchant for more clicks based on emotional triggering, and then bending the coverage to support their internal biases.

It's a shitty system, but it's the best one we have at the moment, and we can only hope that the market will eventually correct the problem.

I'm not even sure its considered free considering its been bought and paid for by Soros, Steyer and Bloomberg

No, and I don't believe that we ever have. Everyone has an agenda.

Free, but you have to buy a paper or mag or TV to receive their crap.
Fair, not by a long shot.

As has been opined by others, yes to the former and no to the latter.

not free --- Because it seems getting a WH press pass is a good 'ol boys club of some kind. I'm not free to set up a "printing press" (or web news service) and get the same access as the existing WH press pass holders. If the government issues passes only to the MSM, then it's not "free" of any government imposed criteria, is it?

Not fair -- already covered by others.

Free - yes
Fair - not by a long shot.
Objective - BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!

Free, yes.
Fair no. They all have a bias.
Most of it is show business and ratings. And big egos.

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Originally posted by nhtagmember:
I'm not even sure its considered free considering its been bought and paid for by Soros, Steyer and Bloomberg

I agree. The country's "press" is owned and controlled by a few corporations and you can bet they also control the content released to the public. And since this press controls the vast majority of information that gets out there, they can tailor the news to their liking. And it is not a stretch that some of these corporations are also at the same table as government politicians.

The press has always been biased and used for political purposes. The newspaper “wars” from the early presidential contests are well documented.

My degree is in journalism and the industry hasn't been professional or ethical for decades. The pompous arrogance of presenting the outraged opinions of the left has reduced our country's journalistic industry ,as a whole, into little more than than an appendage of the DNC.

Free but not fair