re: #4 CuriousLurker

I would disagree a bit. Once a news outlet picks sides more than a very small amount, it’s no longer a news outlet. It’s a partisan outlet. Or an advocates forum.

At the Fox or MSNBC level, it’s no longer news, no longer making any attempt at objectivity and utterly unsuitable for the news consumer. Equivalent? mmm, not really. More or less unsuitable hardly matters. Once they cross the line a little or a lot it’s over.