"you can read/watch/listen to news from multiple sources, and look for the commonalities, or analyze news with an eye for known existing biases, etc. Or if you'

"you can read/watch/listen to news from multiple sources, and look for the commonalities, or analyze news with an eye for known existing biases, etc. Or if you're equipped to do so, you can do you own statistical analysis on the numbers your given and see if they make sense. But realistically, how many people are going to expend all that effort?" Good point. This is why knowing who writes the articles and knowing sources matter. When a serious news article is written, journalists cross-check the facts. In the Watergate scandal, Woodwood/Bernstein used three different sources for each assertion. [0] The source, "Deep Throat" who remained anonymous for many years was the deputy director of the FBI at the time. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watergate_scandal#Role_of_the_media https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watergate_scandal#Role_of_the_...