The media have their agenda and have spread misinformation on purpose throughout the ages. Sometimes there were trustworthy "newsmen" or presenters/anchors. However, quite often in the political realm they did not shy away from pushing agendas. how many 'conspiracy theories' turned out to be true? Recently we've had lots of misinformation disseminated via the media on behalf of officials as well as 'thought leaders'. There was the who Covid thing and its many bits of misinformation from pushing wet market narratives, to people drop dead on the street to masks don't work and back to masks work. The reluctance to examine the numbers when it comes to Covid. Also, dismissal of the younger Biden story as well as promoting the debunked "Russia-gate". So, yeah, they do lie and they diffuse many fake stories which undermine their credibility. Wild conspiracy theories (nanobots and 5G towers, etc) do not disprove the lies as well as hysteria conducted by the media.