[JohnnyB]

All media should only be consumed critically, and the MSM is no exception. Trust the MSM because it's the best you have is only true if you have no media literacy and research skills.

There are enumerable high quality sources of information outside the MSM. The world is full of primary sources of data, open policy documents, videos of actual events and hearings, books written by people who do good research or had primary experience, and on and on... all of which should be consumed critically.