A) They are actually available when I want to watch local news.
B) Sure there is a bias, but it offsets the bias of other outlets.
C) There are NO unbiased news channels in this country.
And there never have been! We are all biased, and that is not necessarily a bad thing. I am biased in favor of Christian doctrine and conservative politics; I believe God's will to be found in the teachings of the Bible, and I want my government, to the extent it doesn't get in the way of God, to follow Aristotle and Locke. Everything I say and write reflects this bias. If every media source admitted its bias as I have just admitted mine, then there would be no problem with bias in the media--there would be bias in the media as there always is and always has been, but there would be no problem, because the audience would know up front what the bias was, and listen/read/view accordingly.