I look for a consensus from different trusted sources and people.

or poor take on an issue will eliminate all perspective. If it is tv, is the reporting the same during the day as at night? Reporting does get updated and more experienced people tend to take over in prime time.

Read multiple sources that have a history of reliability. And take the occasional miscue in stride--especially from a new reporter on a "beat."

We don't need to get our news from echo chambers.

There isn't much difference between an AR-15 and an AR-15 style assault, weapon, just there isn't much difference between a Fox viewer who only watches what confirms his world view and a non-Fox viewer who only watches what confirms their world view.

I also like merlot’s approach.

I watch a lot of sports and if I quit watching sports news from outlets that told me when my team lost, I'd have to give up the pasttime altogether.

Cutting ourselves off from different perspectives weakens us.

all twitter all the time but no tweets in other forums.

that have a different but valid take on things that isn't insulting to one's being/intelligence? All most right wing media does is attack people who don't agree with them and that's when they're not rattling off insane conspiracy theories. And I don't have any desire to listen to "the other side" when it comes to some topics like LGBTQ issues because so much of it is misinformed and ignorant.

side of anything. I like to hear different points of view then make up my own mind

For those advocating that we stop reading the Post and Times and watching CNN and MSNBC -- what sources of information do they rely on and what makes them certain those sources are reliable and unbiased?