I'm not sure the idea of trustworthiness is what we are talking about here. There are also different situations and stories where trust can vary. If the news story is reporting Jon Doe robbed the 7-11 and stole $50 bucks and beat up the clerk... that's one thing. Newspapers even often get these details wrong.

You can have two newspapers in a city that report on the same incident. Each will put their own perspective on the situation. For example...if police are involved and minorities are also involved, one paper could try to make a racial incident out of it. Maybe even spin the story as police brutality. The other may not run the story with that angle. Same incident. Two different ways of packaging the story. It's a small example but this stuff happens every single day.

Bias exists in every media organization. It comes down from the top. The publishers and editors and after a while the reporters know how their bosses want things packaged and presented. They also know what not to write about. This a fact of life whether you wish to admit it or not. I've always said that the biggest form of bias in the media at large is what is not reported to the public. The media has long forgotten that they are in the news business. Not the business of not offending some people. This is the biggest and greatest corruption of our media.

Bias gets worse when dealing with societal issues. Especially political issues and the way they are reported and presented to the reader and viewer.

I guess what I am saying is... you have to look at each story and issue and decide for yourself the level of trustworthiness. Also get info from multiple sources. Relying on any single source of information is never good. Some will give you more info, some will not.

It is also a fact that editors and the editorial staffs of most major newspapers are biased to liberal views on social and political issues. The NY Times is the prime example and most media organizations (including broadcast) take their cue from the NY Times. The LA Times also.

Staying on topic, it is also a fact that most media organizations are pro-gay in their editorial policies. I think you know that. You as a member of the media know that all too clearly. I feel you are very reluctant to admit this fact.

Too many media people have adopted an elitist type attitude. Maybe over-education does that to some of them. Maybe because they all hang around in the same social circles.

Attending the best universities in no way makes anyone's opinions on any social subject better just because of the fact that you are educated. Many highly educated people also support big government socialism. It no way means they are right.

Sometimes so-called "educated people" have the basic sense of right and wrong and morality totally educated out of them.