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How can a News service endorse homosexual marriage and remain unbiased?

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Image via CrunchBase EAGAN, Minnesota , July 17, 2012, ( LifeSiteNews.com ) – One of the world’s leading news agencies, Thomson Reuters , has endorsed same-sex “marriage,” but insists its corporate-wide political stance will not taint its news coverage of the subject. Thomson Reuters, a merger of the Thomson Corporation and the Reuters Group – which includes Reuters News – publicly announced its opposition to a constitutional amendment in Minnesota banning the redefinition of marriage . “We believe the Minnesota Marriage Amendment, if passed, would limit our ability to recruit and retain top talent,”  said  an e-mail from company officials Mike Suchsland and Rick King. “For this reason, we do not believe that the Amendment would be good for Thomson Reuters or the business community in the state.” But this will not color its presentation of the issue or those who oppose it, they state. The company insists,“as a news organization, Thomson Reuters is dedicated to upholding