your point is true. the mindset "it is all lies" is biased by definition. But how much? Isn't it better to simply ditch TV altogether? I did and I only get surprised by new narratives...

there are many more lies than we imagine, there are just too many subjects we dont have any clue to discern what is happening.

real example from Brazil:

manager from construction company asks TV manager:

- we are building many walled neighboorhoods, we need to sell those houses. How much for national advertisements in main night time TV news?

- If you want, we charge X millions.. But, if you pay more.... For months, all TV news, from the morning to the night, will increase their focus on urban crime. And we will make an special program about walled neighboorhood communities in Brazil and in the USA... Selling them as true paradises of safety...

The bastards do not sell only the news, their whole range of topic choice is on sale.

dont get me started about how they hide big industrial scale crime by showing "small Joe" crime.