CNN Producer: Russia Narrative "mostly bulls--t right now", is manufactured for ratings

[VAMatt]

As an American, my observation is that less than 25% of Americans actually take most news reporting at face value. Probably another 25% assume that everything they hear is total bullshit. The other 50% are somewhere in the middle - maybe they assume that the topic is probably relevant, but the specifics may or may not be accurate. I fall somewhere in the middle 50%, but towards the "total bullshit" end of the spectrum.

With that said, it has been pretty well proven over the years that everybody's news is bullshit to a significant degree. It is definitely not just American media.