You said it yourself. "Mainstream media has always been a little innumerate[...]" And now mainstream media has been consolidated to just 4 or 5 conglomerate o

You said it yourself. "Mainstream media has always been a little innumerate[...]" And now mainstream media has been consolidated to just 4 or 5 conglomerate owners who play especially for politics, despite your desire to avoid that topic here. The part that's whole other level is simply the extreme conglomeration from more than 50 news sources which essentially makes it possible to spread mass marketing synergism unchecked and unchallenged. Do yourself a favor and stop watching it.