It is, but that’s what they’ve done.
My son went through a stage where he thought he could lie his way out of anything. He lied about staying up late. Lied about eating all the snack food. Lied about doing his homework. Eventually I had to question and be skeptical of nearly everything he told me. The difference here is my wife and I can keep him in check. He was punished over and over, and finally learned coming clean was a lot easier on him than lying.
No one holds the media accountable or keeps them in check. When they report something false or agenda driven, they just move on like it never happened or double down with no consequence.
Just yesterday they (the CDC, media, whoever) decided to admit their testing method (which was the “gold standard”) had to be revoked because it couldn’t differentiate between the flu and covid. I remember discussing that very issue here last year. Several posters here knew this last year. Why did it take over a year for it to be reported? (I think we both know the answer there)
Point is, it’s hard to trust anything anymore. The MSM is clearly bought and paid for and social media/government are declaring themselves arbiters of truth, while the government is refusing to answer questions they don’t like. You have to do your own research, go through multiple search pages, and read through entire articles before you feel educated on a matter... and even then, who really knows? When mass amounts of money are involved anything is possible.