Most if not all news outlets seem to be geared towards making money and selling advertising. Very often, I have noticed that the most "fair and balanced" news, not "news stories" but actual news comes from NPR. Remember I said the actual news not their various editorials and stories and human/animal intersts pieces. They seem to give news from the nation and worldwide that is just plain news, no embellishments, no "factors" or "spin zones" or any of that crap and for the most part, they do give both sides of the fence on most issues. Not to say that public radio does not lean to the left most of the time with greenpeace, global warming etc, but they almost always give you the opposing viewpoint on most issues.

Gone are the days of actual journalists and reporters (Cronkite, Murrow, etc) doing the news as opposed to the barbie and ken types they have now that just look pretty and read copy written by some slave labor interns who write whatever they are told to write. You really do have to listent to a variety of sources, whatever their bias, and attempt to piece together the truth on your own.