After virtually every MSM outlet pushed CIA/Govt propaganda to continue perpetual war in places like Iraq with no verification/investigation process on things like Saddam's purchasing of yellowcake and Colin Powell's testimony would anything surprise us? Using only official government/deep state sources for the vast majority of their reporting being called "journalism" is disgusting. Reporting done by small outlets, sometimes a single person are doing so much better reporting than anything the MSM puts out. Places like therealnews, moon of alabama, antiwar.com, counterpunch, truthout, globalresearch.ca, project censored, pr watch, wsws, etc. are doing independent invstigative quality reporting with small budgets free of corporate/billionaire funding. After all the leaks showing places like the Washington Post and the NYT have hired writers at the request of the CIA and send articles to them for approval before publishing why anyone considers their reporting accurate is beyond me. I'm not suggesting to just ignore their stories because some subjects require a large well funded organization to cover but anything from them must be considered biased and not taken at face value. There is an obvious agenda pushing U.S. elite interests. Just like when I read RT, I know there is an agenda pushing Russian interests they still publish valuable information about U.S. actions. People understand that no problem but refuse to apply the same standards to U.S. MSM. Why would a corporation publish material damaging to its bottom line? If I say Coca-Cola is trying to maximize profits and their advertising only shows them in a good light it will be easily understood. When I say the same about Amazon/Bezos Washington Post people don't want to accept the reality of the situation. Manufacturing Consent the book or documentary should be mandatory reading/viewing in high school.