Journalistic bias exists. But most well written news stories contain enough truth that dismissing them as biased says more about the reader than the writer. I don't know about the state of journalism in the US, but ignoring entire news outlets seems excessive.

I just went to the CBC website and found most of those articles quite dull

Yes. Canadian journalists are excellent at putting their readers into a coma.

I try to follow some structure with my posts online when talking about these kinds of subjects. The last paragraph will likely be something more people can find common ground with

Nice. I've been trying to do the same. I've been trying to avoid inflammatory language and have a clear statement on top-level comments. It's harder when responding, because people tend to raise multiple points.