Ask HN: How to parse facts given two stories with opposing sentiments

Consider the following two stories about Project Loon based on the same announcement:

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-02-16/alphabet-scraps-plan-to-blanket-globe-with-internet-balloons -> projects a negative tone of Project Loon's cost cutting.

http://www.cnbc.com/2017/02/16/google-x-boasts-big-improvement-in-project-loon.html -> projects a positive change in Project Loon.

On reading the first story, I more or less felt that Project Loon is on the way to a cut, until I read the second version. Typically, what should one focus on while reading an article so as to stay away from writer's opinion?