Assume everyone is biased/lying. Focus mainly on headlines. For important things check multiple sources across the ideological spectrum and feel more comfortable with just what they all agree on or with what is somewhere halfway between what opposites believe.

Things are bad today because people won't accept respectable debate. It's just shouting down or censoring differing views. Truth is revealed in intelligent debate / reviews and great ideas can come from the fringes.

We all have our egos and biases. Outside perspectives keeps us in reality.

Lastly, ignore mass media altogether when it comes to religious matters. Faith is faith because nobody really knows for sure.