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Are There Really Any Unbiased Sources of Information?

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Question says it all.
 
I think that everyone has an agenda, and if you mean by unbiased information, the truth, no I don't think there is such a source.
 
Nothing is unbiased, it's the level of bias that matters. Places like PBS, NPR are relatively unbiased compared to MSNBC, and Fox News.
 
makkam said:
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no. which is why any wise person will seek to verify claims by using multiple, independent, and unconnected sources making similiar claims.

I trust that most discerning people will agree that multiple “attestations” from people closely associated with or involved in an event are NOT “independent”.For example, one would not accept as true and accurate (without independent verification) historical accounts written by the Kremlin about the Cold War period. The chance of bias is great when history is written from one point of view and not corroborated by other (independent) sources. Writings by a second Kremlin person attesting to what the first said would not be accepted as verification that the historical accounts were correct. Agreed? Apply the same reasoning to biblical history.
 
I believe that a source can be almost completely unbiased if the events are observed and recorded by someone who is totally uninterested. Also, if a source only contains facts and doesn't try to put forward any sort of thesis or idea, than that can also be unbiased.
 
Nothing is unbiased. You just have to get all sides of the info before making a real clear opinion on the matter.

I would go with the Onion for the best news ;)
 
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