We take it for granted that the media can't be trusted in countries which are not "free". However, there is no doubt that what we read in so-called "free" countries is also heavily biased, and has an agenda. I'm not just talking about the most blatant sources such as Fox News. I'm talking about nearly everything. Each news outlet has an agenda. They pick sides. It is often great to pick sides. For example, supporting the fact that humans are changing the earth's climate is what news outlets should be doing because all of the evidence points to that. When problems arise is when news outlets pick a side and then go with it, no matter the countervailing evidence. Some of it might be related to pleasing the "free" governments that look over them, and some of it might be due to one of the most destructive beliefs ever - that good always battles bad (and thus, "bad" and "bad" or "bad" and "worse"...