This is such simplistic and reductive thinking and I'm tired of seeing it. We're all circling a Fallacy of the Golden Mean drain and if I never saw another "both sides" non-argument again in my life it'd be too soon. At a minimum, it obscures the fact that in the US today we have basically one 'side'; by referring to our oligarchy's two mouthpieces as separate sides we're implicitly giving them a free pass. It probably also plays into the 'two and only two sides to every story/event' narrative that gives implicit platforms to anti-vaxers, holocaust deniers, and all sorts of unpleasantness.
As an edit, that came off as ranty because obviously I'm miffed but I stand by it for the most part.
The common HN user over 1000 points is happy to downvote you, but your dead on that both major US parties are bought and operated by the major companies, with social policies being the main differentiator.
Its really sad that there is no choice in American politics today outside a handful of socialist politicians at the local level.
Edit: Keep the downvotes coming! The lack of responses is telling :P
As an edit, that came off as ranty because obviously I'm miffed but I stand by it for the most part.