It is my view that mass media is largely biased, yes. Sometimes you can get some reliable information from local sources that have not a primary stake on the m

It is my view that mass media is largely biased, yes. Sometimes you can get some reliable information from local sources that have not a primary stake on the matters (humanitarian NGOs for example). Many times there's no way to know the truth : e.g. is there CIA involvement (or any agency of the country you like) ? You are left to identify patterns for yourself, given a diversity of news sources, but keeping in mind what is the particular agenda of each.