I never suggest to listen to a mass media, because they are totally controlled by the government (at least in my country) so they will never tell you the truth, only that opinion that is under their agenda.
That's very true. The media is generally influenced much by the governments even though they are hypothetically supposed to be free and independent. They say what they're told what to say and they also fear to called by the government to answer certain questions and that influence them a lot.