This just in: Everyone has an Opinion!

In this day and age, just about everyone has a favorite news channel. Mine happens to be Fox News. I'll be totally honest: while I do watch Fox News to learn about what's going on in the world, I also watch it because I get to hear the news filtered through a Republican point of view. I have friends and family members who think that Fox News is a total waste of time and therefore choose to watch CNN and/or MSNBC. Whether they know it or not, they enjoy these channels because they want their news put through a liberal filter!


Two news anchors I've enjoyed listening to are Bill O'reilly and Sean Hannity. While each obviously maintains his own set of conservative viewpoints, I'd argue that each also strives to invite guests who have opposing viewpoints (if not to represent both sides, then definitely to make the other side look bad). The great thing about America is that we are free to have our own opinions and say (within reason) pretty much whatever the heck we want!

But what happens when we grow tired of the filter?


Don't get me wrong; I enjoy a good debate as much as the next girl! But sometimes I find myself wanting a break from the arguments and the opinions and the filters and I just want to hear the news. I know, shocking! The sad truth is that there are approximately zero places I can go to hear the news and only the news.

Everyone has an opinion, even and especially journalists! I do, however, feel that as a journalist (which I aspire to be someday) you owe it to your viewers to set aside your feelings and opinions and just present something that this culture is starving for: the truth.