Is it truly possible to have a non-biased media?

My own view is that it isn't possible to be unbiased but some sources have higher journalistic standards and integrity. All media and all language carries values and assumptions within it, often unacknowledged and sometimes at a subconscious level. However, not all media is the same. Some tell outright lies and some insinuate things which the readership are intended to take as fact. If I don't trust a source then I read through to find the quotes and the verified details.

I have confirmation bias too and everyone does, though I think it is a healthy thing if you can be critical of friends and allies from time to time.

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room101 · 51-55, M

I don't think that any individual or organisation can be unbiased. In fact, I believe that any attempt to be completely unbiased is unhealthy. But, as firefall points out below, bias is very different to prejudice.

In recent years, we have seen a number of things which have compromised the credibility of the media industry. Some of which have been self-inflicted. Primary of these self-inflicted wounds is the consolidation of media companies into global conglomerates which have destroyed any competition in the industry. In America, for example, six corporations control 90% of the media.

Then there is the advent of the internet and, in particular, social media. Now, everybody can be a journalist. And the more unscrupulous exploiters of this phenomenon can foist their views on an unsuspecting public.

You're right in that not all media is the same. Long may that diversity continue because, if we continue down this path of monopolisation, we will end up with little more than propaganda.