The Economist isn't a conservative news source by almost any possible metric. They are actually very socially liberal (and generally economically centrist). A

The Economist isn't a conservative news source by almost any possible metric. They are actually very socially liberal (and generally economically centrist). A lot of their positions (taxation, free education, government spending in infrastructure, universal healthcare, etc.) would be classified as left-leaning or left. Additionally, I've seen that leftist news sources aren't by any means behind rightist ones in terms of fake news. They just focus on different sets of fake news. Maybe the fact that you find rightist news more biased is just a result of your own bias. You overlook the bias in the publications that are aligned with your beliefs.