[Pyramus]

What/who is "the media"?

I see this pattern where you define a class so broad any proposition becomes a truism, and productive discussion becomes impossible.

[ipaddr]

The media are a trusted class of society who are afforded a blanket level of respect based on their role in society.

The media have started to act in the best interest of their clan vs society as a whole. The Media has fragmented and serves their niches but not society as a whole.

So talking about the media as a whole is possible without having to identify tribes within.

[Pyramus]

In the above paragraph replace "the media" with "doctors", "scientists", "politicians", "elected officials", "the police", "big pharma", "journalists" ...

I'm not saying you are not making a point - it's just a unnecessarily broad point that is difficult to discuss constructively.