That's why I read far more news than I watch, and from a much wider variety of sources than just the 3 Networks plus CNN & FOX. Variety meaning both in terms of political viewpoint and in terms of location. Only a multitude of perspectives can give you an idea of what's going on.

The fact that the Big 5 TV News outlets don't do any in depth, beneath the surface reporting is exactly what fuels this extremism, since the pablum they force feed the majority of news consumers is designed to either titilate or to enrage. Murrow is spinning in his grave.