Sadly I have a hard time watching main stream media without feeling like they are trying persuade me to think a certain way about the issues reported. Where can you find an unbiased report about what’s going on in the world??
I do find it interesting to watch news reports from other countries.

If everyone spent the time they spent watching/reading the news learning something new, working out, or even just on a hobby everyone would hate a lot less and would find themselves more productive and happier in the long run. I don't even watch the news I agree with and don't think there are any benefits to do so. Modern media is just an echo chamber of misinformation and political manipulation across the spectrum. They have no interest in creating well informed citizens.

Some things on mainstream are fair and I don’t believe every single person on air is corrupt, but I certainly believe there is corporate control and bias. Certain networks are worse than others.

I trust some more than others, but I trust none of them absolutely. I generally have very little faith that what we're being told is the truth. That's not to say I think we're being lied to constantly, just that I can't really know. I know the media outlets have good reason to lie, and the power to get away with it, at least some of the time. And as one other commenter said, it's all about . If they can spin up a story, embellishing certain facts and telling a bunch of half truths, and that'll get them twice the views, I have no doubt they'll do it.

Absolutely not

I don't trust Fox whatsoever.

I still trust the MSM and I will leave it at that. I’m reading generalities, and innuendo and not getting a shred of evidence that msm has it wrong. Show me. References to TYT isn’t enough. They are annoying af to watch, they go off on tangents, occasionally have side conversations. I can’t watch them anymore. I check multiple sources and verify certain statements. I also listen to NPR all day. I’m basically satisfied. This is a non issue perpetuated by Trump. He’s as useless as tits on a bull.

I follow very particular independent media.

I’m going to sit this out from now on. I’m reading a lot of generalizations , and zero evidence from anyone.

I'm not an American, but I agree with list given by @sassygirl3869 and I watch these from afar.

I do not think lumping CNN and Fox together, as some do, as equally bad, is right. Fox is simply the commercial propaganda wing of the US conservative movement. It is not a news service at all. I agree with left wing criticism of CNN as corporate media. As Noam Chomsky has said, mainstream media in the US is about manufactured consent and dissent, providing so called news within a range that is acceptable to your country's elites. That said, CNNs anchors aren't just brainless mouthpieces; the range of contributors is impressive, and something like a balanced discussion is evident. Trump's half witted apologists are mouthing off on CNN all the time. It's just that nothing too progressive, challenging or critical of the power structure in the US gets a hearing. Also NBC is also interesting and leftish, in an acceptable way to power there. PBS is excellent, but again, nothing too radical folks. If you want to see discussion in the US about crazy ongoing wars, mindless expenditure on defence, rampant inequality and poverty, disgraceful corporate greed, political corporate corruption, crumbling infrastructure in the face of mindless wars and military spending, electoral systems that are antiquated, to put it mildly, and an out of control surveillance state, then you won't find it on US mainstream media. You need to go to new media, and the audiences they reach via alternate means. I certainly do.

The telecommunications act of 1996 is basically an update to an existing law, in keeping with First Amendment rights, I’m surprised it didn’t happen sooner. It also nicely dovetailed with the explosion of the Internet; the time had come and there was going to be no stopping that train. It was initially enacted in 1934. In 1996, it was updated by Congress. It’s not Clinton’s. He signed the bill that Congress updated. We never heard of fake news until Trump came on the scene and he’s a shrewd mother jumper because he’s always been good at scamming. Just look at all of his failed businesses and his bankruptcies; he’s a Con artist; he is a professional Con artist. Someone has done a Poll here asking do you trust mainstream media ? The results do not surprise me. People are jumping on that bandwagon without really understanding in my opinion what they’re actually saying because there’s no concrete examples for supporting the idea. On the other hand, rather than accepting the news from any sources, do any of us check multiple sources or weigh the likelihood of it being true or even plausible or checked for verification? There is some fact checking but we need more. Saint Bonaventure University is a very prestigious and respected journalism school not far from where I live. I know that true journalists are held to a higher standard with expectations and they risk losing their jobs or reputations if they are not credible. Good news organizations make public corrections. Fox and Breitbart are not in that group. This fake news term is overused populism not vastly different from Hitlers reign. He controlled the news. Trump would love to control the media and he has already sewn seeds to confuse people. Trump is the spin doctor who is assisted by Fox News. They work well together, cut from the same cloth. Just look at Roger Ailes and Rupert Murdoch, the operations power behind Fox and the owner, respectively.
I could go on but I’m trying to stay on point.

The major newspapers and television networks have a pretty good track record.

Have not watched TV or read a news paper since 1988, so for all I know they may be wonderful and honest by now.

I only trust PBS

YouTube is the last place to get news. MSM is propaganda paid by the donors and advertisers. Think there’s an exception? Think again.

I am freaking loving Reuters, but I have broken away to read other things.

Inherently flawed, because advertisers and individually biased editers control content.

Even the ones that I trust, I am still on the alert for any other information that might be available. One person cannot ever have all the facts.

In Australia, I use public broadcasting as my news outlets.

Blogs, on the other hand, are the pinnacle of bespoke "news". Whatever I want to read and hear, I will go to my preferred blogs and enjoy their warm embrace of telling me exactly what I want to hear. But then there's Alex Jones, who is the best stand up comedian in the blogosphere. I love that guy, so funny.

MSM has lost all respect. they are all coluded even the BBC...in 911. they ALL LIE and follow NWO script. BBC reported LIVE that WT building 7 came down 20 minutes before it came down.

I don't think they lie, well except Fox, but they chose what to show me based on their agenda. They also give their slant. They are run by corporations who have their own vested interest. This was so evident with Bernie in the primaries

I trust myself, but the quality of information obtainable from the mainstream media is better than anywhere else. They and their news feeds such as Reuters and AP pay real journalists to do real research and investigation. If there's a better way of being informed, I've yet to hear of it.

Lies and omissions provided by the oil , chemical and arms industries

Outside of the Onion and your local weather forcaster, what use are they? Really?

Hell no! "Out Of The Illusion " Group