How much of this do you think is media just not functioning properly as opposed to it deliberately being used as a tool to influence public opinion the way the

How much of this do you think is media just not functioning properly as opposed to it deliberately being used as a tool to influence public opinion the way the intelligence community desires? We know the CIA has commandeered domestic media organizations for the purpose of influencing the opinions of the American public before - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Mockingbird https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Mockingbird