>This is kind of like saying "I have a slight bias against maps because one sent me in the wrong direction."

Maps giving the wrong directions is an accident. Journalists deliberately misleading for the benefit of their career/company is not an accident.

And continuing the maps analogy for the misinformation in finance, I would question the value of a map that often was entirely incorrect.

>People need a way to know what's going on in the world.

Why do people need to know what's going on?

I mean this genuinely because I have tuned out from national news, like buzzfeed, for a long time and it has only had positive effects on my life.