I’m trying to figure this out for myself. I used to trust the media more and I’m not sure if it’s because I was naive or because something has changed.

AFAICT one major thing has changed: independent media has taken off and average people are on the same information field as The Media. This has either made it clear that The Media lies/is lazy or turned The Media into liars/lazies as a result of their normal business models being disrupted.