@INVAR, skepticism of the media is healthy...I'd say even necessary.
But conservatives want to live in a bubble. We refuse to listen to anything unless it's Fox News or a few other sources. Everything else should be totally dismissed out of hand, without consideration. That's foolish. We're giving up our ability to think critically. We should be able to weigh stories from any source and decide for ourselves whether or not they're garbage.
Look, I do not watch TV. I do not watch or listen to Fox. I have turned off ALL talk radio last year, and am healthier for it.
I READ all my news - from A LOT of different sources. My core principles are set and solid. They do not change. I review the news through the prism of those principles and cross reference whatever I read it is if something sounds like a narrative being pushed or an agenda being served.
If something smells like bullshit - I regard it as bullshit until there is hard evidence to tell me that what lies before my feet is not what it looks and smells like.
If my discernment pings something accurate, then chances are unless there is contrary evidence, I'll stick with my discernment until proven wrong.
I can guarantee you that if al.com or the Washington Post ran a damaging story about a Democrat, we would accept it without hesitation.
Stereotypes exist because there is truth to them. Democrats have an infamous long track record and history to color my biases. They also are governed by the thinking that because they do not claim to be religious, they can behave any way they like and get away with it.