I understand that people on the right feel the opposite, that's fine. But I don't feel like I should be obligated to complain when the media behaves in a fashion that I feel is appropriate, just to appease this both-sidesism.
You're saying that you want the media to be a political instrument, but you want to make sure it's a political instrument used only by the party you prefer?
Because the alternative wouldn't be "it should be used by both sides", the alternative would be "it shouldn't be a political instrument".
Can you give 3 examples?
I'll give you one for free, the rest you're going to have to bother googling by yourself:
I would like to raise to your awareness that when Bernie was accused of saying a woman couldn't be president, his talking point we're very close to what people on the right have been saying for years.