The problem is that using your own sources of news only works if you understand why news is being distorted in the first place. There is no automatic reason why

The problem is that using your own sources of news only works if you understand why news is being distorted in the first place. There is no automatic reason why an identifiable individual on the ground is more trustworthy than any other news source unless you have better metadata about what they say. Otherwise it's just "CNN = voice of imperialism, person with 10K followers = voice of freedom" > This is why telegram and in a way twitter exploded as a source of news during this war. By that logic, the Russians would have kicked Putin out of power by now.