Maybe this the wrong crowd for this observation but whatever - all this talk about the news 'making' us think this or that implies we are all just passive recipients. Rather than taking a stance of - its the news, I mean the government wouldn't LIE to us....right??! - or - all news is BS avoid it all. Why not try taking responsibility? Seek a broad variety of views - especially those you find uncomfortable or even repellent - and then do your own research and make up your own mind based on the available information THEN continue to bear in mind that your conclusions may still not be synonymous with Truth (whatever that means).

I guess that does take more effort than 'all news is lies mmkay' though