Odd... I tried to re-check the sources but the websites have just... disappeared. Is this... oh fuck, we 1984 now! :O
Man, this is why I archive EVERYTHING. Especially after a certain gaming debacle a few years ago where whole articles would be changed and things said a few years back suddenly disappeared into the ether because they showed uncomfortable truths.
There is nothing I don't archive nowadays before I post it.
One should create mental lists like
95% level of trust
80% level of trust
66% level of trust
10% level of trust
5% level of trust
0% level of trust
If several independent 95% sources claim something - it is true\very likely to be true. If 95% source claim one thing, and 5% source claim another, then you should stick with 95%
Not go "everyone lies" and read just everything and try to make a "truth" out of it. Your brain will create patterns that fit your mentality.
Having one authority is bad, having no authorities is much worse.
I've found "95% level of trust sources" that ALL backed each other in lockstep on a certain topic... And it was all false. Like, verifiably false. This includes the BBC (British Broadcast Channel) which is meant to be completely neutral and unbiased.
One of the problems you have to realise is that journalists, especially modern journalists, don't often bother to fact check their sources any more. If one news organisation posts it, five others will cite them as a source and post it even if they have no knowledge or way of proving it's true.
That's not even considering the problem that many journalists embrace the concept of bias and believe they should only report news that agrees with them or that they should present news in a way that shows "their truth" instead of "the truth".
Don't believe anything the media says and you're much more likely to get the truth.