So what people say is the media's fault?
The simple reality that so much of what is presented as "news":
Contains serious omissions the absence of which radically alters a reasonable person's interpretation of the story.
Is not factual news at all, being an opinion piece without factual backing or even paid advertising.
Is an old story repeated, often multiple times, with a different headline so as to create the incorrect perception of an ongoing stream of activity regarding the subject when in truth there is no such thing.
Is biased due to choosing what to report and what not to report. Eg reporting that one political leader tripped over on the steps, failing to mention that their opponent also tripped on the broken step.
Amounts to nothing more than the pursuit of a personal interest, obsession or hobby by the journalist writing articles that, whilst perhaps correct, wouldn't reasonably be considered newsworthy or balanced.
Etc.
One I know about personally is a certain individual in a high sounding place who comments on the energy industry, or more to the point on specific projects, in rather strong terms. Long story short - he'd be taken a lot more seriously if he drew attention to the fact that the reason he says x isn't necessary is because he's pushing gas as the alternative, a point you'll have to read the original report carefully to find brief mention of buried well within it.
So long as the reader understands the basis of it, the statement's factually correct but thing is, Joe Average newspaper reader won't be reading an obscure report on a transmission line and thus won't be aware that the assumed use of gas is the basis of the statement. They'll incorrectly read it as simply "project x not needed says expert" and think that's all there is to it.
Suffice to say I've given up on the mainstream media completely for anything contentious or ongoing these days. It's fine to report a bushfire or the sports results but it's well past the point of usefulness for factual information on anything of a contentious nature.