Both networks, and CNN, are not news channels. They are opinion channels that use the news (MSNBC) or MISuse the news (Fox) to comment on their own opinions. They are like a news-paper's editorial page.

This is most apparent in primetime, when bias is used more often to increase ratings from their core audiences.

But bias is NOT the same as accuracy. Think of the difference as what happens in a courtroom. Lawyers are challenged to use 'facts' to create their 'opinion' of the litigation.

MSNBC does a better job in it's presentations of providing facts to back up its opinions. It's the Perry Mason of TV commentary channels. FOX is more like 'Better Call Saul.'

If you want to watch something a lot closer to plain news, watch the dinner time network news programs on NBC, ABC & CBS, or PBS. And read more major newspapers. Also read sources that have been labeled left or right by media graphs from companies like Allsides or Ad Fortis. And acknowledge your own bias while rating them. Google who owns those sources, and compare how they handle the same news stories.

Unfortunately, most Americans never were taught in school how to separate real news from opinion or fake news. I learned in Journalism school. Law school is a good training ground too. You learn verification techniques, sourcing, and when and why to give all sides of a story.

Everyone has bias. The trick is in recognizing what's an opinion, and then listening carefully for the facts that either do, or do not, back it up.