Title: Why is the media almost biased these days? - Quora
Headings: Why is the media almost biased these days?
Why is the media almost biased these days?
Content: As an example, if you see the term "Op-Ed" than it is an opinion piece. Learning how to understand what the news part is and what is the chaff is critical. How Can I Improve My Source Evaluation Skills? The first few obvious ways: Understand Labeling
Read Multiple Quality News Sources
Understand the Different Types of Bias
Fact Check
Make sure to use those steps daily. Just one or two things like being cognizant of what you’re reading, how it may potentially impact your own biases, and looking between quality sources of information can go a long way. This answer was brief. If you want a longer version on source evaluation, there are plenty of articles on source evaluation online, some better than others. For one with far more quality than I have the effort to make, check out this answer by Peter Kruger: In this age of “fake news” and “alternative facts,” how do we know that the so-called fact-checking sources are accurate and honest arbiters of what is true and what is false?