Bias and impartiality is in the eye of the beholder.
Samuel Johnson
More than 20 years ago, when I started covering town board meetings and writing an occasional feature story, I asked former editor/publisher Mitch Bettis how to keep my reporting free from bias — inserting my own perceptions and beliefs into stories.
His answer surprised me. There will always be bias, he told me, because reporters are human and humans are biased. All humans,…