Unbiased News Report?

I don't think so.

Published on March 15, 2005 By zorven In Current Events

Below is the first paragraph of a news article. After reading it, I really wasn't sure I was going to read the rest because the writer clearly wants to get his/her personal opinion into the article. Writing like this makes me wonder if I can trust the rest of the article to give me factual, unbiased information.

Iraq to Convene First National Assembly

By RAWYA RAGEH, Associated Press Writer

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraq puts its fragile democracy to the test Wednesday, convening its first freely elected National Assembly in recent history after last-minute bargaining over Sunni Arab candidates to head the parliament. Car bombings killed five Iraqi civilians and one American soldier.

The whole article:
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Comments

Dr Guy

on Mar 16, 2005

Very few reporters actually report news. Most report their opinions on the news and call it news.

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