I think some people here are missing the nuance necessary for this not to become a L vs R fight, which will get us nowhere.
The main issue here is some folks feel that Faux News is at an entirely different level than the others wrt blatantly lying to its audience in order to coax them along a belief pathway. That's where I am. Faux News is head and shoulders above every other large news group wrt lying, undermining facts, misleading people in ways that harm not just the republic, but directly hurts the viewers. I firmly believe watching Faux News 'dumbs people down', causing them to allow their critical thinking skills to atrophy.
That said, most every other popular media group is also biased, lying, etc., but to a MUCH lesser degree.
I contend that BOTH are extremely harmful as the 'fourth branch' of our government is supposed to exist for the purpose of relaying the truth to people. Is Faux News far worse than the other? IMO, yes. But it feels like the disagreement over how much worse is taking over the convo, which in turn has become more tribal in nature.
If we cannot talk about things - even those that include a lot of politics - without leaving our own personal biases at the door, we may as well just make the thread about L vs R, or how bad FN is for the republic, or whatever.
But the reality is while FN is the worst at this - by a long shot, imo - all of the major mainstream media groups are dropping the ball wrt reporting facts with as little bias as possible.
And that's a real problem.