Five Problems with Liberal and Conservative Media

     You know exactly what I'm talking about. Liberals say, "Fox News paints (insert minority/religion here) as terrible!" And then you have Conservatives who say, "What about your very own CNN? You guys are not even giving Trump a chance!"

     Both sides do good things and bad things. In this article, I am going to explain what the five worst things about media on both sides of the aisle are, and then I will give you the solution.

1. They are all biased.

     By far, this is the most obvious problem. Breitbart, Fox News, and Drudge all suck up to the Donald, while CNN, ABC, and NBC all bow down to Bernie Sanders. This is probably the root of all the other problems I list in this article.

2. They all point the opposite side of the aisle as the enemies.

     When will you hear a biased media source say, "Maybe, we should recognize that the other side is trying to make things better, but in a different way,"? 
Never. You will never hear any biased media source say that. They always point their fingers at the opposite side and blame them for all the problems.

3. They all paint a grim view of the future.

     Conservatives say that because the younger generation is being raised to be liberal, they will inevitably vote in liberal people and ruin this country. Liberals, looking at Donald Trump, will moan and groan about how his policies will be the downfall of America. I have yet to see either side express optimism about the future of America.

4. Their language is absolutely brutal.

     Neither side is diplomatic or uplifting. From calling one side a basket of deplorables to calling the other side's presidential candidate a nasty woman, they are filling their speech with some horrible words. Why can we not go back to the days when everyone was urbane and limited the deprecating language to their homes or local bars? 

5. They are dishonest.

     Why do we have to have fact checkers in presidential debates? Why news sites fact check other news sites' material? It is because they are all dishonest. Even the fact checkers are dishonest. It has gotten to the place where we do not know what is real news and what is "fake news", as our President would call it.

Lucky for us, there is a solution - Switch the news you watch or read.

     You do not have to watch Fox News or CNN. Did you know that? There are a plethora of other news sites out there that you can read or watch. Here is a list of a few I personally love:

Business Insider

Forbes

L.A. Times

... and of course Edgecombe News Outlet!