When it comes to news bias, our expectations are totally out of whack. I don't think there ever was a time when news sources were unbiased. In fact, I think in

When it comes to news bias, our expectations are totally out of whack. I don't think there ever was a time when news sources were unbiased. In fact, I think in the past journalists were just much less worried about being perceived as biased. A good post by Aaron Swartz on this subject: http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/newobjectivity http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/newobjectivity