What's worse?
1. People getting 2-3 narratives from mainstream news sources, one of which they believe, both of which are often false.
2. People getting 100 narratives from unknown sources, none of which they fully believe, a handful they think are plausible, most are false.
It's good to have everyone on the same page believing what is true, horrible to have everyone on the same page believing what is false. Given that the mainstream can't be trusted, I'll go with #2.