Polly-tics?

While any arguments may be one-sided since we all have a bias one way or the other, do you recognize some common problems here?

Where do we get our information? Are these source reliable or biased?
Do we believe others or do our own direct research? I have talked with many who read liberal blogs and believe every word they see. Is this critical thinking?
I talked to an individual who doesn't want the Sun News Channel in Canada because it is supposed to be like Fox News. I asked where he got his ideas about Fox News. He told me he saw it once on a cruise. Hmmm.
Do we look at both sides of issues or simply believe what others write or tell us?
Do we evaluate what we read and hear by looking for words which express a bias one way or the other?

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Fairness Doctrine?

Megyn Kelly w/ Bill Press on the Fairness Doctrine

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