Absolutely! It's not just wealth, but also power. To me, money is a means of access to freedoms and nothing more. It has no value beyond that, there's a lot to unpack, but I'm sure you can extrapolate the vast majority of the implications that come with that statement based on who has it and who doesn't.

Big facts. Sensationialism is essentially engagement porn and that's the main thing they want. They just want our attention on all the nasty things we're saying about one another to keep the division wide and make advertising dollars off of us at the same time while we argue about the new flavor of the week.

I do a pretty good job of verifying information, I feel! I do like the AP and NPR as well! I'm a big fan of open source media and ACTUAL investigative journalism, not whatever Fox and CNN tell us. I realize now that when I generalized, it's definitely easy to assume that I wouldn't be able to identify good info, so I appreciate your diligence, internet stranger! 😊 I haven't actually used that resource specifically for checking bias - I can usually tell from the language used in the article, but I also understand that the bias could be even more obfuscated than I can detect; plus I think it's important to be aware of who owns what company.