Can we trust the news media anymore?

News media these days are taking sides instead of just reporting. It may be the prerogative of news media and their owners to take sides but in doing so they are undermining the very basis for their existence, i.e. reporting. News media are supposed to inform readers about the issues and events, not sway their opinion.

Just look at our two mainstream newspapers- the way they present the news, they way they frame the headlines to favour the establishment, while giving an unfavourable slant to those they choose to slyly condemn. Then look at Malaysia's two popular alternative online media sites - these had been trying their best to paint the establishment in the worst possible light. In one of these sites, readers' comments which are pro-establishment are classified "lowly rated" and hidden from view.

Can we trust any of the "NEWS" anymore at face value ? I may be too naive to expect the news media to be impartial. Maybe this does not happen anywhere in the world.