My friends and I have discussed that chart a few times. In my opinion, none of the sources in the middle “unbiased” circle belong there except possibly BBC, AP and Reuters.
All the major TV networks in USA are clearly biased: ABC, CBS and especially NBC slant left while Fox slants right. NPR is well known for being biased left, although occasionally they do an individual program that is very good and well balanced - it’s definitely an individual program thing and not the whole network.
New York Times slants left in accordance with the opinions of its readership. Washington Post, which for many years was my favorite paper, was well balanced and trustworthy in days of yore, but since being bought by Bezos from Amazon, it’s increasingly heading left as well, though not as bad as NYT. (Edited to add the Post was always a little bit left as the Washington Times was considered the right-wing DC paper, but it wasn’t as far left as it is now.)
I still watch/ read all of these from time to time, as well as looking at a variety of twitters, news blogs, and social media pages. I probably spend the most time with BBC and NPR because I can get them on the radio on long car trips, and with WaPo and CNN on the internet because they were my go-tos for a long time and the habit is hard to break. However, I’ve been known to pull up the front pages of CNN or WaPo and immediately leave because every single story is about whatever they’ve decided the hot button topic of the day is. I want to read a variety of news, not just constant Johnny-one-note opinionated articles on one subject (and this was happening also well before the current election took place - just gotten worse since).
I used to work in Washington DC for many years and so did my parents so if the media thinks they are fooling me by claiming how unbiased and important they are, they can go sell their baloney to somebody else. It’s all about ratings and clicks. Reminds me more of that movie “Network” than “All the President’s Men”.
