The recent controversy surrounding a "fake news" message which was read, upon orders by Sinclair Broadcast Group management, by news anchors at amost all of its 190-plus TV stations, raises the question --- for the umpteenth time --- about bias in journalism. Short answer: it exists. In too many cases, it leans leftward. In my previous life as writer-photographer-ad salesman for two weekly papers in Orange County, NY (one of them was an "urban" paper, The Hudson Valley Black Press), I was ordered on at least one occasion to slant my stories in support of the minority (non-white) viewpoint. He claimed that white-owned mainstream media companies slanted their reportage against minorities. Nothing could be further from the truth. I was threatened eith my job for disagreeing with the publisher over race-based hiring quotas (a.k.a.: affrimative action). So, after seven months, and much contemplation, I left that organization. No money or caree...