https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/bre ... story.html...The patriarch of the family that owns the Chicago Cubs is getting back in the newsgathering business.
The Omaha World-Herald reported on Sunday that billionaire businessman and philanthropist Joe Ricketts is hiring staff to launch an online national news source called Straight Arrow News.
“I think there’s a gap in the market — there’s no source for unbiased, fact-based news,” Ricketts told the World-Herald in an emailed response to questions last week. “And I believe there’s a business opportunity there.”...
New online news channel starting.
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Re: New online news channel starting.
Eh, there's always PBS and the BBC. Those are pretty much down the middle and not normally tinged with biased commentary. Heck, the CBC is pretty good too - you even get those hard hitting stories like when a cow wanders onto the road in Prince Edward Island. Fascinating stuff, and without bias.
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