Al Jazeera: As a Backup Method

After visiting Al Jazeera's web site for the first time I have decided to read it on a regular basis! As any other journalistic source a hint of bias is bound to be included on the articles. But I must admit it is nice to be able to read about what is happening around the world from another perspective. It is a fact that American news sources are manipulated to fit the government's idea of what we should get to hear and how we should get to hear it. I am not trying to say that other governments don't do so as well, but they do see things from a different point of view. One of the articles I read talked about the UK's troops leaving Bosnia. After reading it, I went directly to CNN to look for an article on the same event. For the most part, both articles were very neutral on their reports and seemed to provide similar information. The most significant difference I saw, was the mentioning of "the 'overstretch' plaguing Britain's armed forces", which was only mentioned in Al Jazeera's article. CNN approached the action as a consequence of Bosnia "becoming increasingly safe" and did not say much more about the issue. On the contrary, Al Jazeera portrayed the event as a necessity of troops for the British government. It is clear that both sources are biased in a way, but I think reading different sources regardless of their limitations is the only way to obtain a more open-minded and well-rounded perception of the issue. Perhaps many won't agree with my decision of reading an Arabic news source, but should we rely solely on an American one?