You have (unwittingly, perhaps) stumbled across the main reason for my doubts for the future of this nation. Problem: most people in America are unaware of the radical-ness of the Democratic Party, much less of the rampant corruption of Democrats IN that party. The left controls mainstream media. And these clueless people vote. Between that fact... and the probability that the rats have something 'special' planned for their October surprise in 2020... I have a hard time being "cheered up".
The main problem is not caused by the media.
That is just a symptom of an ignorant people no longer rooted in our former foundations that latch onto what they want to hear. A people rooted in our foundations would recognize the dangers of the wolves in political clothing and would eschew them. Instead criminals like Hildabeast win the popular vote.
The bulk of the population have discarded the foundational principles that are required to maintain liberty in a republic. They no longer teach them to their children, and they are totally ignorant about who and what we are supposed to be outside of how the corruption of politics is now played.
Since education has been completely surrendered to public indoctrination centers and parents have abdicated their responsibilities to teach - generations of us were easy prey to teach falsehoods to.
It is not possible to maintain liberty in this culture and political environment.
Our Founders even warned us of where we now find ourselves - mainly because they were not ignorant of history or lied to themselves that those lessons cannot be visited upon us because we are this mythically great people upon whom the laws of morality, economics and human nature do not apply.