Assuming this post is in earnest instead of accidentally omitting <sarc></sarc> tags: Have you payed attention to mainstream journalism over the past couple de

Assuming this post is in earnest instead of accidentally omitting <sarc></sarc> tags: Have you payed attention to mainstream journalism over the past couple decades? The material they cover and the framing with which they do so reflects an understanding not any better than the one you attribute to independent journalists, to say nothing of an expectation that the audience is even less capable of understanding. Have you never seen a mainstream news channel cover an event that you personally witnessed, and imply or outright state that the event happened differently than what you saw with your own eyes? Have you never witnessed someone interviewed, and then later seen the broadcast, edited interview, implying something else than what was originally stated for the editing done? Who decides who the correct experts are? Who decides a person can responsibly use a platform?