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If you'd like to know more about how you're being manipulated then I recommend The Manufacturing of Consent.
There's a lot to learn from Herman and Chomsky, even though the book has been written long time ago. One point I don't agree with, though, is the notion of 'manufactured consent' as the book frames it, as just because individuals in a democracy can't meaningfully influence 'corporate mass media' and their published content doesn't mean that there is consensus. There is influence at various levels, but not necessarily consensus.
One lesson we can derive from the book is the importance of decentralization not just in media, but in the entire state, its economy, and society. Decentralization is key imo.
(The ironic bit is that the book is sometimes used by Chinese propagandists as a case of Western propaganda (there is a Chinese translation afaik). What they don't mention is that the Chinese government follows a much harder propaganda playbook than what Herman and Chomsky analyse for the US, and -contrary to China's media landscape- contrary opinions are allowed, citizen journalists exist, alternative independent media work. In China, all this is impossible.)
Now we know how much effort you put in. No group would produce such a subpar result.