It’s all a matter of trust; if the public trusts the media is portraying events accurately, they won’t dig on their own. And so now it occurs to me why the media ads for their own news shows emphasize “trust.” If they should really be trusted, why do they have to sell it so hard?
Yes. And it's more than just accuracy, there is also trusting that the important things will be presented, along with some local spice and fluff. Plus the fact that most people are too lazy and preoccupied with work, hobbies and entertainment to have any reason or motivation to dig.
To the liberals, the press is honest and trustworthy. They just haven't been berned yet.
There’s a growing number of people who have seen things with their own eyes, and then seen the media report something completely other than what happened. The scales fell off for me about 20 years ago; since then I havent watched an MSM news show or read a newspaper. Why would I? I know now that they write their scripts for these manufactured news cycles in advance, and no matter what actually happens, they report what is in the script even if it is 180-degrees opposite to the reality.