@j2bryson I think a major problem is that legacy media has in many ways discredited themselves, as have most ostensibly democratic political systems. Never moreso than with the ongoing genocide in Gaza with its massive material support from Western states and largely incidental reporting by many media outlets.
It's blatantly obvious if one cares to look that there are massive amounts of hypocricy and very few (if any) principles that can't be bent or broken to support Your Own Team.