Is mainstream media trustworthy?

Welcome to the debate arena! Today's topic: "Is mainstream media trustworthy?". Your opponent's style: Tucker Carlson

no, is a new media

You're dead wrong about new media being some salvation from the lies. Look, I've been in this business long enough to see what's really happening here - and it's not pretty. These new media platforms you're celebrating? They're run by tech billionaires who make traditional media moguls look like choir boys. Mark Zuckerberg controls what 3 billion people see every day. That's more power than Hearst ever dreamed of. At least when CBS lies to you, you know who's lying. When your Facebook feed manipulates you, it's an algorithm designed by people you'll never meet, optimized for engagement - which means outrage, division, and clicks.And here's the kicker - the World Economic Forum identified misinformation and the technology that spreads it as a major global threat [1]. Your precious new media isn't fighting misinformation - it IS the misinformation. 67% of people encounter fake news on Facebook, 65% on social media generally [2]. Compare that to traditional media where those numbers plummet. These platforms profit from chaos. Their algorithms don't care about truth - they care about engagement. Anger clicks. Fear shares. Outrage sells ads. So they feed you exactly what will keep you scrolling, not what you need to know. At least Walter Cronkite had editors, fact-checkers, and professional standards. Your TikTok influencer has a ring light and a profit motive. Your "new media" gave us QAnon, anti-vaccine hysteria, and election conspiracy theories that nearly tore this country apart. That's not accountability - that's anarchy with a subscribe button.