News outlets are based on biased opinions

In January I left the country for three months to work on a dairy farm in Australia. Knowing that this year would be an election year I told myself that I would keep up with the news while I was gone so that I could be properly informed and up-to-speed when I got back.
After the first week of being there, I got the chance to sit down and watch Seven News, one of the biggest broadcasting news systems in Australia. Every morning they touched on world news and every time they mentioned the United States they talked about the elections and the mind-blowing candidates we had up for primaries.
As I sat and listened I became apprehensive about what was going on in my homeland. One day I messaged my dad to ask him what he thought about the candidates and everything that was going on. As we got talking I realized not everything I was seeing on television was accurate to the actual events.
Media has the tendency to only talk about the things that will get the most attention. They add their own opinions to what they are talking about to get people on a soapbox. Regardless of its view, all the media is seeking is for its readers to respond in some way, shape, or form.
Think about it, the articles you come across either agree with what you have to say or they don’t. They inform you in a way that is to persuade you toward thinking one way or another. When news stations bring people in to speak about certain topics they choose ones that will be forward and expressive toward one side.
If you were to Google news stories you would be most likely to find something along the lines of: courts refusing to hear cases, riot outbreaks, demands, election bias, legal fights, companies facing charges, etc. Looking at those topics I am not thoroughly comforted by what they might have to say.
In terms of the election, majority of what you hear is about how one candidate is better than the other because they did not do the same bad thing the other one did. In fourth grade, I learned about mudslinging in early US history. I think we have gotten back to making that the main purpose of election news.
Making one another look bad to raise ourselves up is not the right way to get other people to like us. Bullying, in other terms.
The next time you read the news think before you just go along with what they have to say. The same people who are telling you that the riots need to stop might be the same people expressing reasons to support them.