Nope. The media is here to serve the government, but to be able to do what they gotta do, they must maintain an image of a trusted source at all times: "independent press," "freedom of speech," "protecting democracy/freedom," etc. Thus, ever since we come into this world, we are taught to believe those slogans so we could trust the media by default. Considering all those half-truths and other stuff, I believe we can try to get some information from the media, but we must use critical thinking to process everything we hear or read in the media.