They are intended to be unbiased. They always fail, because all mediums are biased. But in the field of academia we should strive to be as unbiased as possible. It is impossible of course to completely remove bias, but we can get fairly close. TJ clearly is not trying at all to be unbiased. And no, you are not correct that we should listen to all biases - that would be like suggesting you should only get your news from MSNBC and Fox. What we should do is try to find the sources that have the least bias and listen to them. ie. the scholarly equivalent of watching PBS news and CSPAN. -M