i know your a big on that independent opinion thing, but seriously, where should i get my information from?
should i fly to boston now and interview victims and people in watertown?
i have to rely on (mainstream) media, but the internet is a huge pool of (all levels of) information. and mainstream outlets have a too bad a name when it comes to the original information they portray. they just present it in a way fitting to their political agendas. its like a guy, everyone knows such a guy, who wont make shit up, but overestimates all his facts in stories (like he dropped a 40ft cliff instead of a 20footer ....). if you know what that agenda is and you "filter" the information a little bit, you have little problem knowing whats up.
tbh, i obviously cant watch american news outlets too much, i just know that FOX has all that right-wing labels attached to it and that, for example, MSNBC is more on the "other" side. but my point is very general, since all countries and their respective political sides have "their" media companies.