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I read the funnies in my local newspaper. On a more serious note, try this. Pick two sources of news on a national or local basis. Choose one or two national (or local) stories and judge the coverage they give them. Do this for about 1 week, with several different stories during the course of that week. Pick the one you feel is most unbiased (or biased the way you like it) and pick another news source. Repeat the whole procedure with the 2 new newssources. If you do this on a continual basis you will start to see the bias that exists in media and will be able to make your own decisions on their content. You will become familiar with the stance of each outlet concerning different topics, there is no one source that is unbiased or biased for all topics. For instance the New York Times is way left on guns, but only slightly left of center on big business. The sources mentioned above are all very good. Over time they all change so keeping up with their current bias is demanding. Newspapers, magazines and television should not be your only source for fact.
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