I only lately started watching more msm because they spam me on my Youtube channel without me subbing to them. I fancy myself actually having quite the good filter (in my head) for watching mainstream news. I don't take what is said literally, but make assumptions on why the media is propagating certain things.
When it comes to my reading habits I prefer short to medium posts. This one has quite the good length. Any longer and I would start forgetting what I want to comment about .