Question

If you were writing an essay on the advantages of playing travel ball versus playing high school ball, which research source listed below is MOST likely to be unbiased, accurate, and credible?

A) an interview with a sports reporter for a major magazine who specializes in youth sports
B) an interview with a student who was cut from travel ball and quit playing sports altogether
C) an interview with a travel ball coach who has been given awards for coaching for two years in a row
D) an interview with the parent of a child in travel ball that the parent believes is destined for the big leagues

Answer 1

A, its unbiased because its only a reporter not a parent of one of the two or a coach 

Answer 2

The answer is A: an interview with a sports reporter for a major magazine who specializes in youth sports.

An unbiased source is one that could provide an argument based on expertise, experience, and solid research, taking into consideration a matter of argumentation in all of its nuances, and not just a one-sided view. A sports reporter gathers all this attributes and is a credible source since, being part of the media, he or she is expected to comply with the norms and guidelines of reporting and research, which are: objectivity, soundness of arguments, responsibility, accuracy, and the possibility of corroborating his or her arguments by means of others´ founded arguments.