"News is where you look," is a statement often attributed to Dan Rather but one which I’ve never been able to pin down to a source. Whether Rather said it or it was somebody else, the statement is true. Your "news" is different from your neighbors’ "news" and very different from the"news" in different states and, of course, in different countries. Every single bit of "news" you consume is impacted by your personal "selection bias."
There are indeed "alternative facts," as Kellyanne Conway...