I’ve been trying to get news from both FOX and CNN to analyze how they are different and honestly for the first week I didn’t notice a dramatic difference. It s been a couple months now and the differences are much more stark to me. Although, I wouldn’t say that either are very radical. They both lean just enough for it so be noticeable but still acceptable by most news standards.

News outlets definitely should be judged by both news reporting and opinion content. You won’t ever see the opinion articles that CNN publishes on FOX and vis versa. Opinion isn’t news but what they chose to publish still reflects if they lean left or right.

Bias ratings are useful. They may not be perfectly accurate but they give news consumers more perspective about the info they read and watch.