Defeatist, maybe. But short of finding an outlet whose editorial slant matches one's preconceptions, I can't imagine doing better.
https://ria.ru will reliably run the russian slant.
https://apnews.com will reliably run the US slant.
https://www.bbc.com may be relatively neutral on US politics, but internationally it reliably runs an anglophone slant. I don't read chinese, so I don't know what their equivalent may be, but I'll bet it runs a chinese slant. (a while ago, I found a website that seems to be running the north korean slant,
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23738281 . Even the Amish had, at one point,
http://www.thebudgetnewspaper.com . It may be a little while before they notice it's down.)