I fell for all of them as I’m a nice guy who trusts Democrats and the media!!
In their wettest dreams!!! I’m an old school journalist - trust but verify, four or five times esp. if it comes politicians, the NYT, Wash. Post and the LA Times.
Then recheck every thing again.
Also know the MARXIST backgrounds of many of their writers. You’d be surprised at what you would find.
I have an audit background. Take a wild guess how I view unsubstantiated claims.
I will say when a source has shown me over and over and over again that they are either reliable or unreliable, I tend to believe they are holding to their pattern whenever they tell me anything new. So whenever the corporate media says anything, I automatically believe the exact opposite and start looking for evidence. Almost 100% of the time, what I find backs up my initial suspicions that they were lying.