If an article or news program has an obvious bias does this discredit its ability to present factual info?

In your opinion: does the bias of a media outlet render its factual (unbiased) information less valuable or useless as a source?|||I would say that consistent bias undermines credibility.





Of course this idea that news reporting should be objective seems to be a thing of antiquity.





All sides of this one have been caught with their hands in the cookie jar by either blatant disregard for factual information, lies by means of omission, or over editorialisng to such a degree as to obscure the facts by appeal to emotion.





So yes.|||Not enough information provided to provide an honest, objective response. Unless you refer to a New York Times article, democrat underground, kos, huffpro, something broadcast over Air America (ultimately precipitating it's eventual failure), MSNBC, CNN, or NPR.|||Yes, in the case of Fox news which holds and helps fund tea party and republican right wing rallies. YES! Of course. That is the problem with Fox, the other news Stations do not do this like Fox blatantly does. They may be biased to an extent but not like the Jerry Springer of News like Fox.|||There is truth to just about every news story, you just have to sift through the presentation to get to it... That's where the bias is. Facts are facts and opinions are opinions.





Critical thinking, its not a fad.|||...Not necessarily. But that is why we all need to double-check things, especially outlandish sounding things, before we post as if we know something about them.|||No everyone should look at the source but also look at the facts as opposed to other sources of info.|||No, after all, we are all biased. We all see things through our own experiences.|||Not necessarily.|||Absolutely.|||Well... I would probably double check with some of it...|||Yes, they are all salespeople!