> wonder to what extent it has contributed to mistrust of the traditional media. Is anyone's experience that "non traditional media" or news sources are more m

> wonder to what extent it has contributed to mistrust of the traditional media. Is anyone's experience that "non traditional media" or news sources are more mathematically rigorous? I understand that all media has bias, lots of content is written by non experts, and presenting data (especially statistical data) is really hard and rarely done well. But any "alternative" or "non mainstream" news source I've seen is _way_ worse at those things than traditional mainstream sources like NYT, WP, Economist, Foreign Policy, NPR, 538, etc. Even while those sources still make noticeable blunders. (Curious because I've seen this statement before.)