I used to pretty much believe anything they would report. Now, though, I find myself questioning “journalists “, with the realization that much of what is said may be inaccurate or slanted.
Well, as people who have been JWs, it should be very familiar to us how you can manipulate facts to make people think what we wanted from them. The news don't lie, but they have way too much "framing" of them, making people biased towards what they interpret of them. They don't necessarily lie, but I find their ways of presenting them to be unethical.
I use the same skills I acquired as a JW to separate facts from opinions.
In USA, news have also become advertising. They show "news" about the new store that has a sale on some product. And that's supposed to be news.