[AnimalMuppet]

Not sure I agree with that. The difference between CNN and Fox, say, is far larger than the difference between the "big three" was back in, say, the 1970s (the time of Vietnam, and the US government trying very hard to paint a world that was different from reality). What we have now is the major media trying to paint a world, rather than just report it. In any given instance, that's not necessarily "fake news". But by what you choose to cover and what you choose to ignore, you can paint a very different picture. What you say is still true, but it doesn't add up to the truth. It presents a distorted picture of the world.