No.... I respectfully disagree with you. You are over blaming one media group.
I think abolishing the US fairness doctrine was the single stupidest thing that our governments could do..... for the simple reason that people lack the time to search out both sides..... It really is that simple.
I show this in my classes.... I feel its pretty accurate.
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/RL-CHyzgK1Q/maxresdefault.jpg
We, as a society have known that the news can get manipulated for many many years now..... Even before Noam Chomsky's Manufacturing Consent....
Knowingly getting rid of the Fairness Doctrine of the FCC was a bad bad move.
And many people are taking advantage of us ( and I do mean both you and me and elk11 and others)..... we notice some.... we consent to others...
its still bad.